Example sentences of "[det] [verb] looking for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Knowledge is not storage but activity and making sense of it will be very impoverished if this involves looking for only one account of it , the so-called ‘ literal meaning ’ , at the expense of all the other ‘ potential ’ meanings . |
| 2 | This involved looking for female as well as male sources , and avoiding sexist definitions . |
| 3 | Some participants on EA have requested that they carry on after their 12 months course finishes , only to be told they ca n't as that might be using this to avoid looking for full time employment . |
| 4 | Some went wide-eyed , some went in search of music , the world of On the Road , some went looking for Ken Kesey 's Merry Pranksters , others for the new politics . |
| 5 | If he goes on trial we may as well all start looking for other jobs . |