Example sentences of "[noun] looking for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Midas , in Sloane Square , sells exclusive designer fashionwear making it an obvious target for jet-set shoplifters looking for the ultimate bargain . |
| 2 | This is a valuable addition to any Vietnam library ; but readers looking for a melodramatic ‘ military thriller ’ should look elsewhere . |
| 3 | There is an element of desperation in this ( ageing vampiric lefties looking for a radical fix from the last sexual sub-culture left in town ) . |
| 4 | The fact that the polecat with young was sighted three years ago by a grumpy shepherd looking for a lost lamb at 5.30 a.m. on a March morning , two miles away from post number seven , is irrelevant . |
| 5 | Do you remember looking over the ship 's side at the flying fish , and the phosphorus gleaming along the side of the ship at night — and of course looking for the Southern Cross in the stars at night ? |
| 6 | ‘ I sometimes think you hate everyone , ’ said Betty , who would have liked to go round India on a bicycle in an orange robe looking for an Enlightened One . |
| 7 | I 'm a tall , dark , athletic male lookIng for an attractive and lonely female to give loads of affection to , and to put the sparkle into her beautiful eyes . |
| 8 | Imagine that you 're a complete beginner looking for a versatile sewing machine for dressmaking , soft furnishings and embroidery . |
| 9 | It all but invited every cop-hating drug freak , every aggrieved drugs trafficker from the Bekaa Valley to Los Angeles , every ultra-right , gun-running , Contra-supporting machismo addict , and every thwarted narco-terrorist or Muslim extremist looking for a safe or cheap revenge to ‘ terminate ’ him also . |
| 10 | Early versions of these theories were quickly taken up by clinical researchers looking for a formal way of examining what their patients — like the one above — were telling them and many experimental studies were carried out , guided by the hypothesis that schizophrenic features like overinclusive thinking are due to very weak filtration of the contents of thought , resulting in the psychotic individual finding it difficult to pursue a logically connected train of ideas . |
| 11 | Throw it in the river still bearing the noose-mark , or cart it round London and risk capture looking for a new gibbet ! ’ |
| 12 | After spending all last seaon looking for a right back we now sell one ! |
| 13 | Sailing as corporate hospitality took off about a decade ago , with companies looking for a new way of hosting events . |
| 14 | It 's a girl looking for the middle son , Paul . |
| 15 | On extended expeditions there were occasions when he would break or lose even his spares , and I would find myself combing deserted beaches and jungle tracks looking for a small circle of glass on which , I was acutely aware , rested the success or failure of an entire project . |
| 16 | Thus a HIGH OR EQUAL comparison condition will be used to search a blocked file looking for a given record . |
| 17 | Rather than rent a building , the company decided to build its own offices and then spent 18 months to two years looking for a suitable area . |
| 18 | He spent almost 10 years looking for a Scottish hotel near a large population centre , but found nowhere suitable . |
| 19 | She paused for a moment looking for the right words . |
| 20 | Seemed to go back and forth between the reservation and the city for a while looking for the right place to be . |
| 21 | Constance squeezed her way down the platform looking for the first-class carriages . |
| 22 | For those customers looking for a real Italian holiday atmosphere in an Italian family hotel , the Hotel Ritz is an ideal choice . |
| 23 | She wondered how many were selling information , and how many were dupes looking for a good time . |
| 24 | On these grounds alone it would be ruled out by any sensible organisation looking for a big office site . |
| 25 | To seek information : a traveller looking for a lost companion , a curious stranger . |
| 26 | At night the harbour lights up and the atmosphere becomes electric as the streets of Aghios Nikolaos fill up with people looking for a good time in the restaurants , bars and discos . |
| 27 | We had always known that there were many people looking for a historic building to restore but had not realized the extent , which was very encouraging . |
| 28 | ‘ I hate , ’ Mrs Gray burst out passionately , ‘ people looking for a certain sort of reaction from me about it . |
| 29 | Pippa Raudsepp , residential mortgage manager with independent financial advisers London & Country Mortgages , said : ‘ For people looking for a new mortgage the rates are quite good . |
| 30 | The Clearing System is designed to help people looking for an alternative place . |