Example sentences of "looked [adv prt] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " I just looked in for a moment to see how you were getting on together . |
| 2 | Paddy looked down for a moment at Joey , who beamed up at him , ‘ We gon na play checkers , Paddy ? ’ he called out suddenly and laughed . |
| 3 | Blanche looked up for a moment to chew the implications of what she had just read when another alien sound impinged . |
| 4 | He looked back for a moment at the Minister 's procession stalled at the roadblock . |
| 5 | I went on further , and their lightness and gleam had gone when I looked back for the last time . |
| 6 | Mum drove the car into the huge car park and Stuart looked out for a parking space . |
| 7 | I never really listened to The Beatles and looked out for the guitar , I 'd just listen to the song as a whole . |
| 8 | Gunga drove off over the bridge as I looked around for a suitable spot to get some practice in . |
| 9 | Charles looked around for a suitable candidate and nudged , no doubt , by a couple of doting grandmothers , found Lady Diana Spencer . |
| 10 | She looked around for a blunt instrument . |
| 11 | Not surprisingly , everyone looked around for a similar opportunity . |
| 12 | In this climate , shrewd and sensitive individuals with an instinct for self-preservation looked around for a partner and pair-bonded . |
| 13 | He looked around for a cab . |
| 14 | Ruth surveyed the freshly-turned earth and looked around for a flower she could place on the grave , but it was the last day of December and there was nothing in bloom . |
| 15 | Kenne gulped , and looked around for a way out . |
| 16 | She looked around for a tool , and found a soldier 's dropped bayonet . |
| 17 | I looked around for a cup . |
| 18 | I could n't let this frail old man go In there and maybe get knocked down and savaged , and I looked around for a means of protection . |
| 19 | Not long afterwards , watching , he saw them appear on the roof They looked around for a moment and then went down . |
| 20 | He looked around for the stables , but could see none . |
| 21 | After the service , when everyone had filed outside , Willie looked around for the strange curly-haired boy that he had seen at the Post Office . |
| 22 | As we looked around the store , Reid explained to me , ‘ Johnson worked on a pearling lugger , stashed a bit of money away , looked around for the healthiest woman on the island , married her and set up shop . |
| 23 | They looked around for the Indians who 'd helped them set up but they were n't there . |
| 24 | I looked around for the changes that Leithen had mentioned . |
| 25 | Quickly introducing herself to the sister-in-charge , she looked around for the nearest unattended patient . |
| 26 | Marx looked around for an ashtray , found one , and deliberately ground out his cigar-end . |
| 27 | He looked around for an implement to use and although his eyes were by now accustomed to the gloom he could see nothing suitable . |
| 28 | He looked about for a thing to waft with , saw nothing satisfactory , scowled and said , ‘ I suppose I 'll have to find a fan of some sort . ’ |
| 29 | He thought suddenly of how she must look , seen from inside the kitchen she was leaning out of ; an ugly sexual idea occurred to him , and he looked about for the big black BMW bike , but it was n't there . |
| 30 | Friends were able to find an alternative , but for a few moments Marilyn said she could not believe it was happening to her and looked about for the dreaded Jeremy Beadle . |