Example sentences of "[pers pn] look for [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why am I looking for a new job ? |
| 2 | In addition to classic injunctions such as ‘ I look for a marked reduction in the number of problems put forward for discussion in Ministerial Committees ’ , in the terse Major Attlee style , the paper contains a passage which is pure Brook : ‘ The Cabinet Committee system has a valuable part to play in the central machinery of government , both in relieving the pressure on the Cabinet itself and in helping to give practical effect to the principle of collective responsibility at times when the Cabinet does not include all Ministers in charge of Departments . ’ |
| 3 | When I come out into the light at the end , I look for the white van . |
| 4 | By now some may well be asking ‘ Where can I look for a spiritual director ? |
| 5 | The to infinitive has much the same expressive effect in : ( 23 ) Certainly I looked for no such friendship as you have shown . |
| 6 | I looked for a textured effect by taking the broad tips sideways over the paper surface . |
| 7 | ‘ I looked for a single builder , because I wanted to work closely with someone while I was doing the ‘ unpicking ’ myself , ’ Timothy says . |
| 8 | Lt Tim Kelly , 45 , a specialist in mobile air operations , said : ‘ I looked for a little girl who had been injured by shrapnel so I could have her winched aboard . |
| 9 | I looked for the first time straight into his moonlit eyes , and I saw Perkin the son , the husband , the one who worked with wood . |
| 10 | And squeamishness prevented me looking for a tiny insect to place on a sticky dewdrop leaf . |
| 11 | Anyway I went to see Foxy at lunchtime and erm and he said that erm er and I mentioned it to him and I said you know do n't go up to Sal and say Jess is feeling like erm you know , feeling that he 's , feeling really jealous because er if , if Sal is trying to get back that will just like please him , you know , if he is trying , if that 's the whole aim of the whole , you know , the operation then , then he 'll just feel pleased and it will also embarrass Jessica and she does n't want and if , and if it 's not , if it was nothing , you know , she 'll feel embarrassed so please do n't say anything and he said no no I 'll just make some subtle , subtle comment and he went up to , he told me that he went up to Sal and he goes erm and he says how 's everything going with Jessica and Sal goes yeah it 's good and , and he go erm cos er Phil erm cos Foxy goes oh cos it 's , it 's going really well with me and Catriona , it 's going really well I 'm really enjoying it , what about you , you know , and Sal goes yeah , it 's really good and Foxy goes erm you know is it , is it a long term thing then , you looking for a long term thing do you think and Sal goes yeah , what about you and Foxy goes yeah yeah definitely yeah , you know , cos he was doing it subtly so I came back and I said to Jess you know really , an and Foxy said there was nothing strange about , it was no f you know it was definitely to fe s f erm Sal was er you know being truthful , there was not like erm yeah well yeah you know and trying to get off the subject , it was n't it was completely , yeah , it 's brilliant , going really well , really enjoying it and it 's gon na be long term sort of thing . |
| 12 | Then , and only then , may you look for the individual volume . |
| 13 | She looked for the last time . |
| 14 | And forgetting , startled , she looked for the hovering colour and saw a rainbow forming itself . |
| 15 | Roger Gamlin of Amtrak Express Parcels explains : ‘ We look for a sales-oriented person with the ability to gain new customers . |
| 16 | and we either go with the word report or we look for an alternative word or words . |
| 17 | And why do they look for an ALTERNATIVE interpretation |
| 18 | Billy suggested they look for a shady spot for the picnic in the covert they were approaching . |
| 19 | On the one hand , people look for a low instalment amount ( which of course tends to mean a relatively long repayment period ) ; on the other , they look for a short repayment period ( which tends to mean a relatively high instalment amount ) . |
| 20 | She often urged him to look for a suitable girl , but he always replied that there was plenty of time and to date no one had taken his fancy . |
| 21 | Rather than continuing to attempt to police the whole world , they looked for a tighter unity of the formal Empire . |
| 22 | His home is presently in Kidderminster from where he weekly commutes while he looks for a new house in the local area . |
| 23 | It looks for the new round of retrenchments to have a positive effect on 1993 profits , but ca n't forecast them . |
| 24 | Tony Dobson put Portsmouth ahead early on and it looked for a long time as though that was going to be the only goal of the game . |
| 25 | He looked for a long time , then said : ‘ I can see no one , but my eyes are old . |
| 26 | He looked for a middle path . |
| 27 | He looked for a last time at Lucille . |
| 28 | HE LOOKED for the second picture , found it in one glance , and the blood shot hot to his heart . |
| 29 | While there , he looked for the first time through papers which his father , Herbert Cranko , had left : two notebooks and a number of typescripts . |
| 30 | Throwing back his head , he looked for the last time at the cloud-torn sky , and begged the Lord to watch over them and keep them safe ; and then he was gone , and all that remained was the surging waves and the cold , white crests of foam . |