Example sentences of "[noun] i [be] looking for " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , it is my config sys I 'm looking for is n't it , while I find an edit . |
| 2 | So anyway I went to Index cos I want I want and a watch I 'm looking for a watch cos , and I thought oh aye I come to rings , I thought well I owe her a ring so I thought oh better half eternity ring they 're cheap anyway . |
| 3 | ‘ When I decided to take the part I was looking for a role that was the opposite of my character Dylan . |
| 4 | Since there was no picture with June 's letter I was not aware that I would end up with the cable I was looking for . |
| 5 | A friend of mine who is a car trader rang me and told me that he had found the car I was looking for . |
| 6 | When I went to Highlander I was looking for a way which could help towards more effective participation and the development of better non-formal opportunities in adult education on social issues which affect communities in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland . |
| 7 | ‘ Now where , ’ he growled , ‘ are those lines I 'm looking for ? ’ |
| 8 | I had a very strong idea of what I wanted , even through I had plenty of photos : I knew exactly the kind of movements I was looking for , I 'm glad we did it in two — I do n't think the cricketer would 've been very keen to do it again ! ’ |
| 9 | First is to Finland and it is to Penti P E N T I , and it reads as follows dear Penti , at the moment I am looking for information on the cost for officially trialing grasses and clovers in your country , stop . |
| 10 | It was a long time before I got the fame I was looking for . |
| 11 | Ten past twelve , and still no sign of the leaf-shape I 'm looking for … |
| 12 | ‘ That 's not quite the sort of husband I 'm looking for , so just as well . ’ |
| 13 | I have a neighbour with a toddler who was outgrowing several of the things I was looking for ; the pram came from her , and a few other things as well . |
| 14 | Addressed exactly those topics I was looking for . ’ |
| 15 | Oh it 's not a case of putting the world to rights I 'm looking for this bacon |
| 16 | Well it 's Sunday I was looking for something nothing ? |
| 17 | Of course while they may be imagining that they are bending my ear and creating a good impression , they are also providing me with the kind of evidence I am looking for about the gendered and generational aspects of this kind of racism . |
| 18 | And can I remind the district planning officers I am looking for a positive contribution from you on Tuesday . |
| 19 | Terry rightly told me I went down the wrong I was looking for names rather than the dots . |
| 20 | There was no sign of the three people I was looking for , although there were a few strange faces : three or four wives with young children sent out to grass from Athens , and one or two old couples , dehydrated rentiers , who doddered in and out of the mournful lounges of the Hotel Philadelphia . |
| 21 | this makes quick reference easier as I can see at a glance whether the magazine has the pattern I am looking for . |
| 22 | For a moment she was taken aback , realising for the first time that she had n't explained herself very well , then , gathering her wits together , she retorted briskly , ‘ If you had n't assaulted me and accused me of being a burglar I would have told you that the Svend I 'm looking for is a student who met my sister at the Roskilde music festival and afterwards entertained her and her friends here in this apartment for several nights . ’ |
| 23 | I think you 're the woman I 'm looking for , and I 'm not going away until you give me what I want . |
| 24 | The very woman I was looking for . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ You must be the passenger I 'm looking for , ’ he says , studying a bit of paper . |
| 26 | The man I was looking for , I thought , was fifty-something , maybe less , still powerful ; not in decline . |
| 27 | What 's the word I 'm looking for ? |
| 28 | ‘ The results of such an explosion are quite unknown but stupefyingly horrendous however optimistic your guess might be , if optimistic is the word I 'm looking for , which it is n't . |
| 29 | What I wanted to do today was to start to talk about mechanisms but I think I 've exhausted my erm what 's the word I 'm looking for ? |
| 30 | Well sorry , pushy , I mean we got push not what 's the , what 's the , the , the , not pushy 's not the right word I 'm looking for erm asking in a confident manner |