Example sentences of "looking [adv] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Various other tales account for the origin of the fairy godmother — one has it that , like the Italian witch Befana , a fairy godmother was actually looking endlessly for the Christ Child . |
| 2 | Looking back for the future |
| 3 | Jack fell quickly into the routine of looking out for the absurdities in his father 's speech to put into a P'dayta-Pie for Warnie ; but he had no heart for it . |
| 4 | For my part , looking out for the future , I do not view the process with any misgivings . |
| 5 | You children were excited on the journey to Gibraltar and kept running from side to side of the boat looking out for the small destroyers that were guarding the convoy . |
| 6 | Yet anyone who cocked an ear to their self-titled debut EP earlier this year will have been impressed by how un-English it was , both in its rough-hewn melancholic tangle — most obviously echoing both Buffalo Tom and the N-band , though not actually resembling either — and the absence of what has now become the standard English guitar-band attitude : jumped-up barrow boys jostling those same old post-punk moves , all looking out for the main chance and a quick route to the charts . |
| 7 | Of course , Preston did not spend all his time looking out for the holes . |
| 8 | As the sky lightened even more and they began to make out their surroundings more clearly , Fenella and Caspar both found themselves looking out for the signs that Floy had hoped to leave . |
| 9 | If it had been someone else 's funeral George would have been looking out for the nearest pub . |
| 10 | If she had n't been looking out for the signpost , she could easily have driven past without even realising it was there . |
| 11 | Now that circumstances have conspired to make an immediate share issue an unattractive option , Dell Computer Corp is looking around for the best alternative to raise cash to finance its soaraway growth . |
| 12 | For many people it is a matter of looking around for the car they want and then frantically trying to arrange the finance , whilst the ‘ offer ’ still holds . |
| 13 | Someone must have done some extensive informing , because MacLane picked Susan and me out of the crowd without even the pretence of looking around for the usual suspects . |
| 14 | Could she really have been reading that ? he wondered , looking around for the novel stuffed behind a cushion . |
| 15 | ‘ Yes , ’ I said , looking round for the waitress to give us more coffee , ‘ I still hate vomit . |
| 16 | ‘ Philip has n't written a real play for four years , ’ Maud said , looking round for the waiter . |
| 17 | Charles kept looking round for the room 's occupant . |
| 18 | A chasm separates us from the other side and now we are looking round for the bridge . ’ |