Example sentences of "and [noun] looking for " in BNC.
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1 | You spent half and hour looking for lemons and salt . ’ |
2 | He was like a man who has made one step forward into unknown territory and stands looking for a path . |
3 | They have yet to establish a track record of resale value , and buyers looking for sound investments may prefer to play safe and buy equivalent Persian or Anatolian rugs . |
4 | He job will be to give the Pavillion a higher profile among local companies and organisations looking for conferences and events . |
5 | Ian Harper reports on how the latest fiasco in designing systems to facilitate the Stock Exchange has left fund managers and brokers looking for yet another solution to their needs . |
6 | Staff had spent most of Friday afternoon and evening looking for the child and the owner , Alan Tym , had gone back again late that night to double check that James had not crawled behind a counter or into a cupboard and fallen asleep . |
7 | Families who wished to emigrate and girls looking for domestic jobs were referred to two societies affiliated to the COS , the East End Emigration Society and the Metropolitan Association for Befriending Young Servants . |
8 | IBM Corp and Apple Computer Inc are trolling Japan and Europe looking for folks willing to join a consortium to create a multimedia standard around a cross-platform compound document specification and ‘ Kaleida Script , ’ a common scripting language based on AppleScript that would be co-developed , according to Electronic Engineering Times . |
9 | Rebbecca , left , Medi , Sarah and Sally looking for a sponsor Picture : JEFF PITT |
10 | DLT is a safe and powerful tool that will save you hours searching through files and directories looking for those unwanted files to delete . |
11 | ONCE UPON a time The Face was the style bible not of gits in fake fur-trimmed parkas and yups looking for new big ties , but of crazy over-made-up early '80s youth , for whom mum 's old curtains and too much eye-liner signified SEX and REVOLUTION . |
12 | Although crowded with prospectors and pan-handlers looking for gold when that English bank-clerk , Robert W. Service , was writing his ‘ Songs of a Sourdough ’ and ‘ The Cremation of Dan McGrew ’ , Whitehorse and Dawson City were now drowsing away the years as forgotten towns . |