Example sentences of "looking for the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The unions said that they were looking for the second week in January to begin an all-out stoppage . |
| 2 | ‘ Now I have got that first win I am looking for the second . ’ |
| 3 | Tubby was sitting up straight , shoulders back , head raised , looking for the first time in his visit like the confident soldier he had been . |
| 4 | The Marines swarmed into the tunnel like bubbles disappearing down a plughole , Mortimer at their head , eyes bright , looking for the first sign of the opposition . |
| 5 | Hitch asked , looking for the first sign of their quarry . |
| 6 | Rozario looking for the first flick on as you say . |
| 7 | And they 're looking for the first little thing ! |
| 8 | Police are still looking for the third — a brown Ford Sierra which was stolen from Brockhampton last night . |
| 9 | In the '60s Scottish football was awash with stories of ‘ scouts ’ — the often unpaid enthusiasts who scoured the pitches of school-boy Scotland looking for the next generation of international talent . |
| 10 | ‘ Chapman was essentially a designer , an artist , who was always looking for the next design , something different , ’ says Mr Nearn . |
| 11 | I 'm living alone now and looking for the next relationship , which I hope will be the last one . |
| 12 | While waiting , she gazed solemnly at the sinister Bridge of Sighs a few yards away and thought of the prisoners who 'd gazed out of its thickly grilled windows , looking for the last time on the beauties of Venice before they were incarcerated — or executed for causing the displeasure of powerful nobles . |