Example sentences of "looking for [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | it 's like that argument , that , when you look for a marriage partner you 're either looking for somebody to re if you 're a woman , to replicate your father , or to be |
| 2 | One of the most pedantic of the sub-editors was saying : ‘ You 're all looking for somebody with what you call a reason , but his thinking will be at variance with yours . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ So that means we 're looking for somebody between five and eight ? ’ |
| 4 | Well she was th mm she was looking for she was looking for somebody Re , who was in a particular age group . |
| 5 | Suppose that my friend was not looking for me at all . |
| 6 | No one would start looking for me for hours ; not until after dark . |
| 7 | It means I must leave the doors unlocked , but that 's less risk than having him come looking for me within the quarter-hour , as he surely would . ’ |
| 8 | looking for one for the |
| 9 | " We 've been out looking for her since five , " said another man . |
| 10 | We have been looking for her for three weeks . |
| 11 | He found himself looking for her in the street , in the trains that took him down to his busking . |
| 12 | One day her mother came looking for him with a great heavy umbrella in her hand . |
| 13 | They 're looking for him on the moors . ’ |
| 14 | They might not know him by sight , or might not be looking for him at all . |
| 15 | Poor Bill ! all day looking for him at home . |
| 16 | Nobody would think of looking for him in the Channel Islands . |
| 17 | Keep condoms handy , so you do n't have to go tearing around looking for them at that crucial moment . |
| 18 | The , they really convert bibles for doing that is because I 've always done that of er right that 's , that 's out of the way , jump the paperwork , now what about talking about your clubs and that t to sort of close down the call and relax the client for getting into referral mode and I 've always done it tail end on so the introduction to the referral is at the beginning and perhaps looking for them during i is totally unfamiliar , I mean I do note the odd thing as I go through and note them down on the , the but I 'd never been used to actually although we were told referrals how and why that went with it . |
| 19 | Looking for them in BMA House only emphasises the juniors ' ignorance of the enormous amount of work put in on their behalf by all sections of the profession . |
| 20 | The Tans had swarmed over the countryside looking for them after the execution . |
| 21 | ARE YOU looking for something to liven up your Monday evenings ? |
| 22 | In a bedroom you 're looking for something at one ninety nine or two ninety nine . |
| 23 | He was looking for something along the lines of Jon Voight in Midnight Cowboy , an American from nowhere , and all the actors coming in were doing an Andrew Dice Clay or Billy Idol number . |
| 24 | He says we 've had wide and varied enquiries — especially from London-based purchasers looking for something for the weekend — something he can tell his friends ’ Well actually I live in a turreted folly in the Cotswolds ! ’ … |
| 25 | Now I 'm looking for something for Penny , which is n't very expensive but nice , you know . |
| 26 | For example , if you are looking for something for your in-foal mare , choose a supplement which has been made specifically for this purpose such as Medi Equus stud formula . |
| 27 | Looking for something between sovereignty and not sovereignty . |
| 28 | For those who enjoy making every meal a special occasion — whether it 's Saturday brunch or a dinner party for eight — and so are looking for something between their ‘ best ’ fine bone china service and oven-to-tableware , Wedgwood has introduced a range of ‘ casual ’ designs , on fine bone china , on Queen 's Ware and on their new fine china body . |
| 29 | In simple terms , sponsorship of the Universities ' Athletic Union rugby championship alone is not acceptable to the UAU 's hierarchy , who seek money for all student sporting activities and are looking for something in the region of £100,000 to spread around . |
| 30 | I was looking for something in my own handwriting . |