Example sentences of "look for the [num ord] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is to the Standard that one looks for the first record of all . |
| 2 | The unions said that they were looking for the second week in January to begin an all-out stoppage . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Hitch asked , looking for the first sign of their quarry . |
| 5 | Tubby was sitting up straight , shoulders back , head raised , looking for the first time in his visit like the confident soldier he had been . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | A small apple tree , a garden pea or even a strawberry plant pass through various stages during spring and summer and children can look for the first appearance of leaves and flowers and fruit . |
| 9 | In the meantime , one might look for the first appearance of a new journal in March Educational Action Research . |
| 10 | If you are aiming to go back for a landing , only stay long enough in that thermal to get properly centred before moving off again down to 1500 feet and starting to look for the next bit of lift . |
| 11 | Harry looked for the first time at the cheque where it lay beside him , flattened by the base of the lamp . |
| 12 | While there , he looked for the first time through papers which his father , Herbert Cranko , had left : two notebooks and a number of typescripts . |
| 13 | Throwing back his head , he looked for the last time at the cloud-torn sky , and begged the Lord to watch over them and keep them safe ; and then he was gone , and all that remained was the surging waves and the cold , white crests of foam . |