Example sentences of "[conj] look for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The great spread of drug-taking among the young during this time can also be seen either as ‘ doing it for kicks ’ or looking for a road out of materialistic culture . |
| 2 | Next time you find yourself queuing to have your photo taken on the Cantilever in Snowdonia , or looking for a vacant shelter to eat your sandwiches in on Scafell Pike , stop and look to the west . |
| 3 | In our view , we ought not to shut our eyes to these facts , or mask the dark sides of tsarist activities , or look for a justification for them in the need to protect Russian settlements from nomad onslaughts , and in the voevody 's disobedience to the tsar , etc . |
| 4 | Depending on the nature of the offence , he is either warned to lay off , or to look for a job elsewhere . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'd have thought that looking for a gas leak with a lighted match would be the last thing he would do . ’ |
| 6 | I know that looking for a Purple Heart , or V C , erm are but I do believe it needs to be it needs to be clarified . |
| 7 | Notably , it 's the surf brands that look for a plainer , old-school feel that receive the most enthusiastic response from the Badlanders at the Driftwood . |
| 8 | To all such approaches to the uses of speech , a strong objection might be made along the following lines : rather than look for a series of static functions or contextual parameters , one should attend directly to the single most important dynamic context of language use , namely conversation , or face-to-face interaction . |
| 9 | If we believe that it is right to push back the boundaries of middle age a few years , we can happily keep our young tastes and looks for a bit longer . |
| 10 | Each child has a number and looks for a packet with it on , which contains a small present . |
| 11 | Apted 's definitions do not seem to take into account the student who goes directly to the shelves and looks for a book for an essay topic . |
| 12 | Clive searched his pockets , as if looking for a train ticket . |
| 13 | Its engine is missing badly and it 's circling round as if looking for a landing-place . |
| 14 | as if looking for a quarrel he went on to exaggerate the uncompromising nature of his position . |
| 15 | Mounce held the note up to the light , as if looking for a watermark . |
| 16 | The blackjack tail as if looking for a target , |
| 17 | Fortunately , Nevil was n't looking in his mirror , he had his head out of the driver 's window as if looking for a street name . |
| 18 | His two thumbs rotated about one another as they always did when he was agitated and looking for a way to strike . |
| 19 | Cadillac 's UK importer was aware of Leland 's achievement , and looking for a way to prove the car 's craftsmanship . |
| 20 | Warner Brothers said PWL stepped into the breach and were putting together the songs for the movie , including using several old 50 ’ s classics by Little Richard , Eddie Cochran and all , while Kylie was doing a cover version of ‘ Tears On My Pillow ’ , by Little Anthony and the Imperials , and looking for a Christmas Number One . |
| 21 | Cooper , knocked out by Floyd Patterson in his previous fight and looking for a gentle return to the ring , took on Boston Jacobs , an unknown New Yorker . |
| 22 | The change in employment may not always be so favourable as yesterday 's either , but the market is now starting to feel bullish and looking for a FT-SE of 3,000 by next year . |
| 23 | Kevin Coley was rumoured to be fed up with the dreadful Napiers and looking for a new senior professional . |
| 24 | The truth is that C is a convenient scapegoat for those upset by The Shamen 's commercial ambitions and looking for a way to convince themselves that , underneath it all , Colin 's still credible . |
| 25 | Municipal Mutual , Britain 's ninth biggest insurer with 1,500,000 policyholders , is in difficulty and looking for a new partner . |
| 26 | We will be looking at a wide range of candidates — you may be a new graduate , or in mid-career and looking for a change of direction , or returning to employment after a career break . |
| 27 | He thinks of his show — 6am until 9am — like a relationship ‘ in that it 's constantly changing and looking for a balance . |
| 28 | It shows that for those people without work and looking for a job , the ending of a temporary job was the second most important reason for having left their last employment . |
| 29 | Slightly insane and looking for a good laugh ? |
| 30 | Must be handsome , intelligent and witty and looking for a fun-to-be-with female student . |