Example sentences of "look for [pron] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . ’ |
| 2 | He found himself looking for her in the street , in the trains that took him down to his busking . |
| 3 | The Tans had swarmed over the countryside looking for them after the execution . |
| 4 | 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 ! ’ … |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | A stocky male figure entered from a room at the rear and began looking for something beneath the counter . |
| 7 | During the day we lay up in the desert , camouflaging ourselves with pieces of hessian sacking against the R.A.F. patrols who were out looking for us from the air . |
| 8 | ‘ The others will come looking for it in the morning , ’ Grimma warned . |
| 9 | So far , I have a car driver and a motor cyclist and I 'm looking for someone for the bus and train , and possibly taxi . |
| 10 | We would alert Australia … look for him round the world . |
| 11 | Listen for them on radio and television and look for them in the newspaper . |
| 12 | ’ The criminals look for you amid the filth and decadence of this world , . |
| 13 | Having found the appropriate class number from the card , look for it in the subject or classified catalogue and flick through the cards of that particular number . |
| 14 | Look for it in the carpentry section . |
| 15 | That he 'd gone out to look for her on the road and across the clunch pit field , returning alone half an hour later . |
| 16 | We told him to look for us in the evening . |
| 17 | She 's too stuck up to look for it in the back of a cab just yet , but it 'll come to it one day when she gets a few more years on her , even the milkman wo n't be safe and she 'll be grateful . |
| 18 | She flashed the note around , proudly though covertly , and looked for him at the bus stop , but she could not look for him without some misgiving . |
| 19 | Adam wondered if Abigail sometimes woke up and looked for him in the dark , in the empty room , and fretted for a while before she began to cry . |
| 20 | She looked for him in the oven , the fridge , the wicker basket that held wastepaper beside her desk . |
| 21 | They looked for it at the hospital and at the police station . |
| 22 | ‘ I looked for you after the raft procession , but you were nowhere to be seen . ’ |