Example sentences of "look [adv] for a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Outsiders have looked hard for an arrangement for the southern Slavs . |
| 2 | certainly I think er we 'd be looking perhaps for a minimum of er er of one mile but I ca n't advise you on any level of agreement as to as to what any definition of it . |
| 3 | He now firmly refutes suggestions that he is unhappy with the Yorkshire set-up and is looking around for a move to another county . |
| 4 | Of course , I 'll have to do an internship first , then a stint as a registrar before I can even think of looking around for a practice of my own . ’ |
| 5 | Mr Gregory could be looking around for a job at the moment . ’ |
| 6 | Cotterell nodded and started looking around for a piece of paper . |
| 7 | This is partly to get higher wages , but it is really so because jobs are run-of-the-mill and they are looking simply for a change of venue , a new setting , and new faces . |
| 8 | Obviously if you are flying over a bad area , with very few good sized fields , it is necessary to divert towards the best area within range and to start looking seriously for a field at several thousand feet . |
| 9 | As I have argued all along , although a consideration of possible criteria is important in a wider context , the idea of numerical identity can not be literally " defined " in terms of the criteria of re-identification of particulars , which means that we shall have to look elsewhere for an answer to our problem . |
| 10 | In later years a boy may continue to look unconsciously for a mother with whom to relate , or a girl for a father to take the place of a loved parent or compensate for a lack of satisfaction in that direction . |
| 11 | I was told to look out for a redstart at the next bend , its black face and chestnut tail showing for brief moments as it darted into the open , out and back , fly catching . |
| 12 | Look now for a bloom of the male parent . |
| 13 | Look out for a circular in the 146 Series which will be issued shortly . |
| 14 | Seriously though , look out for a couple of new faces in the team — maybe more — and some new first-time winners on the 1991 Tour . |
| 15 | Past the reserve look out for a viewpoint over Loch Avich . |
| 16 | Look out for a host of special events — themed evening meals with entertainment , activities for children , guided walks and landrover safaris … |
| 17 | Cornwall was no centre of radicalism , so one would not look there for a pattern of oscillation , but a detailed study of the Great Yorkshire Revival of 1792 – 6 has led its author to the conclusion that Thompson 's speculative idea gains some support from the experience of the North . |
| 18 | Look instead for a degree of suppleness in the fabric and the extent to which the colours alter their intensity when viewed from different angles ; the more readily they submit to subtle changes in the direction of the light source , the more likely it is that good quality silk has been used . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | He looked back for a moment at the Minister 's procession stalled at the roadblock . |