Example sentences of "[noun] looking for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A rock journalist looking for a scoop ? |
| 2 | He was like a man who has made one step forward into unknown territory and stands looking for a path . |
| 3 | From fashion designers looking for a source of chic thrills to Sunday supplements looking to tickle their readers ' fancy , everyone has plundered the S&M scene for imagery . |
| 4 | Imagine a search aircraft looking for a dinghy in the middle of the ocean . |
| 5 | ‘ Now I get loads and loads of letters from teenagers looking for a career in the sport . |
| 6 | A butterfly was flapping around the wheelbarrow looking for a fragrance to match the colour of that great metallic flower . |
| 7 | Police frogmen have been searching lakes looking for a weapon … believed to be a six inch blade . |
| 8 | I could n't find the entrance to the restaurant that night for a start , and I spent the first half hour of the evening circling the outside of the building looking for a way in — in full view of all the diners . |
| 9 | Everything he said or wrote was calculated for posterity , in her view , he sounded like a sheaf of notes looking for a history book . |
| 10 | I know this after a dispiriting tour of San Francisco looking for a place to eat at 10 pm . |
| 11 | When Heathcliff went out to look for our horses , Cathy and I hurried round the kitchen looking for a way to escape . |
| 12 | It can be extremely frustrating spending many hours looking for a home , finding one you like and that you can afford , and then having your mortgage application turned down . |
| 13 | Finlayson followed Woolley all around the squadron looking for a chance to get his own back . |
| 14 | Early or semi-retired people or housewives looking for a break often welcome a different four walls and a fresh interest . |
| 15 | HOME HUNTERS looking for a bargain will find many among the thousands of repossessed properties on the market . |
| 16 | Barry Fry 's sacking leaves Barnet boss Stan Flashman looking for a manager . |
| 17 | Many of the firms whose engineers will consult with the men from MITI have already done the rounds of Western defence contractors looking for a partner to build the FSX jet fighter . |
| 18 | Diana 's father did n't drink and staff frantically searched through the cupboards looking for a bottle of something suitable to offer their royal guest . |
| 19 | The door closed after Harriet , and Sally rifled through her wardrobe looking for a dress of mauve-sprigged white seersucker , slightly yellowed now , and quite out of place amongst the designer gowns . |
| 20 | This large man , ‘ whose countenance was the cast of an ancient statue ’ , says the concluding passage of the Life , tolerated unstimulatedly the hospitality of the silent professors , and wandered through Old Aberdeen looking for a book of poetry , then back to his inn . |
| 21 | I mean , if I sort of just stay for a , for a while but er I 've still keep looking for work looking for a job cos I do wan na get away from B T. |
| 22 | Branch officials looking for a replacement for their office in Holywood are to advertise the position in Britain as well . |
| 23 | ‘ You , Miss Levington , ’ his mouth curled , ‘ are a mobile disaster area , an accident looking for a place to happen . ’ |
| 24 | Like everyone else , I 'd played the ‘ It wo n't happen to me , but if it does … ’ game , and had envisaged , in the case of breast cancer , dying intact , yet there I was , rushing round the taverna looking for a scalpel . |
| 25 | This is total war looking for a place to wage ! ’ |
| 26 | Private individuals looking for a stockbroker to advise on or manage their investments may not know how to start . |
| 27 | Mr Justice Jowitt told Anderson : ‘ I accept that you were not on the prowl looking for a victim and that it was by chance that this young lady got into your car . |
| 28 | The special isolation of a naval captain means that an author looking for a confidant for his hero as an essential device of character-drawing is debarred from using a member of the ship 's company . |
| 29 | It drifted the globe for just over two years looking for a port to discharge the ash , and even changed its name to the Pelicano in an attempt to escape detection . |
| 30 | One night I was there , before the start of the film , a young man leaped onto the stage and announced that he was an unemployed actor looking for a role in a movie . |