Example sentences of "[adv] look for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , right after he and Mr. Mendez left , a mustered-out soldier from Thomas came in looking for passage to Bisbee . |
| 2 | In nature small fish are constantly looking for food , and will eat small amounts whenever they find them . |
| 3 | Thus Anderson may have been more prophetic than was realized at the time ( Earley 1988:61 ) : Parents are basically looking for reassurance about their children 's schools and teachers . |
| 4 | If all that does n't stop the person , they are obviously looking for trouble of some sort and you must quickly decide whether to lash out first or run for safety . |
| 5 | Ianthe remembered as she walked along looking for number 28 that her dressmaker had lived very near here , but somehow , after she had made one or two mourning dresses for her after her mother had died , Ianthe had lost touch with her . |
| 6 | He had gone in to look for adventure , but had found love , he told Lord Henry . |
| 7 | ‘ I went in to look for adventure , but I found love , ’ Dorian told Lord Henry . |
| 8 | When western doctors went in to look for thyroid and other illnesses , they could not tell whether the apparent increase they discovered in these things was due to radiation or to the fact that no one had done such a thorough diagnosis before . |
| 9 | Richard Wright 's study suggests that whilst police do not necessarily look for evidence of extreme violence , they do seek evidence of some violence or threat . |
| 10 | ‘ There 's a garage on your right so look for exhaust fumes — someone 's about to move , they may pull out without looking . |
| 11 | Science has got to go on looking for knowledge . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's just not possible for me to pack a briefcase and go and stay in a Hilton somewhere looking for business and agents . |
| 13 | The Duchess was desperately looking for help . |
| 14 | It is desperately looking for advice , help or just moral support from museums and institutions in the west . |
| 15 | Clare said , ‘ I 'm not looking for Prince Charming . |
| 16 | ‘ But we are peaceful people and we are not looking for revenge . |
| 17 | I am not looking for money , just a deep involvement and I must be worth a telephone call . |
| 18 | God is not looking for ability , but availability . |
| 19 | Sixteen students were not looking for work at the time of the survey . |
| 20 | ‘ I am not looking for commitment ! ’ |
| 21 | I 'm not looking for attention . |
| 22 | But the co-ordinator of the elderly peoples ' service development programme Paul Cousins says he is not looking for uniformity . |
| 23 | ‘ We are not looking for domination , but equality , ’ he said , again demanding that Sinn Fein must be included in political talks . |
| 24 | Three of the four students not looking for employment and without plans to continue their studies would be travelling overseas for a time before commencing job search . |
| 25 | Two days later , after a peaceful voyage , we disembarked at Calais — a dreadful place , England 's last foothold in France , nothing more than a glorified fortress packed with men-at-arms and archers , who staggered the streets in their boiled leather jerkins , drinking in the many ale houses and generally looking for trouble . |
| 26 | I said to her you 'll just looking for fault all the time you are I said that 's |
| 27 | So RE needs to attend to encouraging pupils consciously to get beyond just looking for information or entertainment and see that there is a quite different way of looking at things . |
| 28 | We are not just looking for tax disc dodgers , we are looking for insurance offences , or MOT offences and the condition of vehicles . ’ |
| 29 | Just look for dad 's car keys , I 've put them down somewhere . |
| 30 | Some of the sailors and I managed to get a boat into the water , and we rowed away to look for land . |