Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] look for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may sound a silly question , since this book assumes that its readers are looking for a place to live in the British Isles , but it is more sensible than it sounds . |
| 2 | Ideally owners are looking for a snapshot or portrait model but the problem is that the modeller has to work without having seen the live model . |
| 3 | The organisers were looking for a nurse who could show how her work — both before and after the changes brought in with the New Contract — had helped her patients . |
| 4 | If the CEMREL Research Project ( 1972 ) is any indication of what is expected it seems American teachers are looking for a child 's skill at ‘ showing ’ , and , in particular , ‘ showing ’ emotion . |
| 5 | Other forecasters are looking for a deficit of around $50 billion . |
| 6 | Police are looking for a man who 's five feet eleven inches tall and of medium build . |
| 7 | ‘ No , do n't tell me the police are looking for a getaway sleigh . |
| 8 | DAVIS LOVE and Fred Couples are looking for a World Cup landslide victory to equal that of new US President Bill Clinton . |
| 9 | DAVIS LOVE and Fred Couples are looking for a World Cup landslide victory to equal that of new US President Bill Clinton . |
| 10 | The police were looking for a Pat and Jim , said Nicky , and here was Pat admitting that he and his friend Jim were in the general area of the crime at roughly the time it was committed . |
| 11 | It is n't only the novelty Three Wise Men or Snowflake designs which are selling : ‘ Many women are looking for a luxury buy to finish off a party outfit and the opaque hold-ups by Italian designer Paulo Cavali are best sellers , ’ says Heather . |
| 12 | In middle age , at a time when those in other industries were looking for a period of consolidation , the farmer could be faced with problems when a son or daughter ‘ came home ’ . |
| 13 | His dad was saying that er Devon Desserts were looking for a fork lift driver |