Example sentences of "he looked for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he started to dress in front of the fire the two older girls turned away and when he looked for a collar stud the boy ran to attend . |
| 2 | Desperately he looked for a way up the river bank . |
| 3 | He looked for a middle path . |
| 4 | He looked for a milestone , but none was in sight . |
| 5 | He looked for a last time at Lucille . |
| 6 | As he stepped back into the circle of dimming green light issuing from the door of the transmat booth he looked for a moment like some bizarre demon that Francis had summoned . |
| 7 | He looked for a long time , then said : ‘ I can see no one , but my eyes are old . |
| 8 | He saw the calculation at the back of Weis 's eyes that greeted his comment — saw how he looked for a trap in every word of his — and smiled inwardly . |
| 9 | He stressed that this would be temporary whilst he looked for a replacement . |
| 10 | A real wanderer , and he looked for a sign of her inheritance in himself . |
| 11 | As for Morse , he looked for a second or two only , breathed very deeply , lurched a fraction forward for a moment as if he might vomit , then turned away . |
| 12 | He looked for the pole Star on nights so intensely black that you almost had to touch your limbs to make sure they were still there . |
| 13 | Flipping back through the pile of loose pages again , he looked for the words he had written about the dark-haired princess who had so generously , so openly acknowledged his presence , the girl to whom ( surely ) he would have been able to tell The Truth . |
| 14 | While there , he looked for the first time through papers which his father , Herbert Cranko , had left : two notebooks and a number of typescripts . |
| 15 | Then he arose in fear , and called for light , and it was brought him ; and he looked for the leper and could see nothing ; so he returned into the bed , leaving the light burning . |
| 16 | HE LOOKED for the second picture , found it in one glance , and the blood shot hot to his heart . |
| 17 | He looked for the time . |
| 18 | He looked for the gamekeeper from the villa among the group of men in dark suits and flat caps who stood talking between the plastic flower stall and the van selling salted fish , but he was n't able to spot him . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | In Fleming 's time , most bacteriologists would simply have thrown the spoiled culture away , but he looked for the cause . |
| 21 | He looked for the other two aircraft . |