Example sentences of "[adv] look for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In nature small fish are constantly looking for food , and will eat small amounts whenever they find them . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ There 's a garage on your right so look for exhaust fumes — someone 's about to move , they may pull out without looking . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's just not possible for me to pack a briefcase and go and stay in a Hilton somewhere looking for business and agents . |
| 7 | The Duchess was desperately looking for help . |
| 8 | It is desperately looking for advice , help or just moral support from museums and institutions in the west . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I said to her you 'll just looking for fault all the time you are I said that 's |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | We are not just looking for tax disc dodgers , we are looking for insurance offences , or MOT offences and the condition of vehicles . ’ |
| 13 | Just look for dad 's car keys , I 've put them down somewhere . |
| 14 | Some of the sailors and I managed to get a boat into the water , and we rowed away to look for land . |
| 15 | So in the future we also have a lot to give to the rest of the world rather than just to look for help . |
| 16 | Subject to obtaining a magistrate 's warrant , police officers may also enter premises forcibly to look for evidence of a serious arrestable offence ( ranging from murder and rape to any act which has led or might lead to public disorder , or , vaguer still , acts which might interfere with the effective administration of justice ) . |
| 17 | She spoke of Oxford , that ancient seat of learning , to which universities all over the world still looked for example . |
| 18 | Students have always looked for vacation work . |
| 19 | GUITARIST with good vocals , professional and versatile , ex-name , preferably looking for name band . |
| 20 | I found it difficult to follow their chatter ( you know old Shallot , nosy as hell and always looking for mischief ) , but they seemed most concerned about Lady Francesca 's health . |
| 21 | He was always looking for work , ’ one said . |
| 22 | At the moment it is still looking for funding from private and public sources ; the Netherlands has provided an initial grant of US$1.5 million . |
| 23 | ‘ No , I 'm still looking for work . |
| 24 | We 're still looking for balance and the injuries we 've had have n't helped . ’ |
| 25 | Meanwhile the ethereal life of Ranveer , Bubbles and Socks , an unworldly trio who react in a childlike way to every sling and arrow as if permanently looking for Nanny , starts to unravel when a new administrator takes over the game park with thinly veiled hostility towards his country 's nobility . |
| 26 | DETECTIVES were yesterday looking for Animal Rights extremists who planted a firebomb under a huntswoman 's car . |
| 27 | Always look for smoke alarms which conform to the British Standard , whatever make or type you choose . |
| 28 | But they still look for quality and are put off stores that repeatedly slash prices . |
| 29 | But they still look for quality and are put off stores that repeatedly slash prices . |
| 30 | Well there was a it was such a job at that time you could n't get work and we , we used to genuinely look for work every day , but it was just a waste of time . |