Example sentences of "[noun] [Wh pn] have [be] looking " in BNC.
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| 1 | The man , who said his name was Dave , told detectives about a friend who 'd been looking for Carol shortly before she died . |
| 2 | A woman who had been looking at the screen turned to him and said , " I saw one , round at my daughter 's . |
| 3 | ‘ There is a man next door who 's been looking for a job at least five years . |
| 4 | He had exactly eight minutes to hear a report back from business leaders who had been looking at inner-city schools . |
| 5 | The result will be disappointing , not only for you but also for the bride who has been looking forward to keeping her flowers for ever . |
| 6 | And are there people in class four at Stronsay school who 's been looking at some of the legends . |
| 7 | Arms salesman ; okay the Avenger the Equaliser the Total Fucking Nutter went for the legs too but still , and the editor spiked , and the rapist-lenient judge raped and the pornographer poisoned and stroked and the man who was so callous about the bloodshed in the Iran/Iraq war forced to watch his penned animals die like cattle like soldiers like cattle and then bled to death in his own private fountains of blood and the businessman who put profits before safety and not only helped kill a thousand people but then tried to get out of paying the survivors and dependants any compensation gets his own gas explosion — blevey is the technical term apparently — and fuck me whoever he is ( assuming he is a he ) , he 's got a sense of humour or at least irony why he 's produced what 's almost a snuff video effectively a snuff video if you mean brain-death anyway it 's the closest anyone will admit to ever having seen or found one even the Obscene Pubs Squad who 've been looking for years but although everybody assumes they exist nobody 's ever seen one until old gorilla man comes along and just makes his own , specifically to warn off any other porn merchants thinking of dealing in snuff ! |
| 8 | The nurse who had been looking after Julie escorted her to theatre and stayed with her until she had been introduced to the theatre nurse . |
| 9 | At the big house I met the Officer who had been looking for me earlier on . |
| 10 | She sat back , munching , face red but eyes twinkling , and with those eyes indicated the two women who 'd been looking at us ; then she raised one finger and pointed first at me , then at her . |
| 11 | They are the couple who have been looking after the twins , and it was they who first contacted my mother earlier this morning . |