Example sentences of "[adv prt] looking for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | A fuming Jackson said : ‘ I spent 40 minutes walking up and down looking for an official , and later two hours near the control centre , but nothing happened . ’ |
| 2 | You know , you go on looking for a solution to this difficult problem . |
| 3 | ‘ Folly , I do n't want you to go on looking for a place of your own . |
| 4 | John phoned him up looking for a bass player and Cliff gave him my number . |
| 5 | And although scores of people turned up looking for a pet , new waifs were being brought in almost as quickly . |
| 6 | Wander around looking for a boy in half-dead trainers with green Dayglo socks showing through . |
| 7 | For years they suffered in silence while barriers were pranged , concrete bollards damaged and other cars blocked in as the 23-year-old careered around looking for a space in the car park . |
| 8 | Well , I was wandering around looking for a rococo palace … ’ |
| 9 | I sometimes think that if we were back in biblical days and John the Baptist was running around looking for a wilderness he would n't go to the desert he would come to Creggan ! |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't go around looking for a job , ’ he said , ‘ though I 'm flattered by the speculation . |
| 11 | Er so so when you left school how did you go about looking for a job ? |
| 12 | Dad would go out very early each morning , without even a cup of tea inside him , to tramp round looking for a job — anything to tide us over . |