Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] [be] looking for " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you know the type of this you 're looking for , then you can get free use of paper , stamps and a telephone , in fact anything that 'll get you that ideal position . |
| 2 | ‘ As usual we 're looking for areas of improvement , ’ said Ron . |
| 3 | When I meet women from other countries and they talk about Western feminism and Third World feminism , I did n't see it that way at all I was looking for a political party and I found that I could n't find any which suited my political beliefs and a party that combined Third World and British issues . |
| 4 | And all , all I 'm looking for there are the reasons for those figures being so much different from bridge and P Way . |
| 5 | It was at that moment that Fabia was shaken to realise that all she was looking for was an excuse to be in touch with him again . |
| 6 | there 's various things you can talk to them about , and all you do is , all you 're looking for is some key words to motivate them , right eh er to a certain extent you want , you want to assume from the start that they do n't have a clue what they 're doing |
| 7 | All we 're looking for is that you 've got what you 've ordered . |
| 8 | That that 's all we 're looking for at the moment . |
| 9 | A lot of girls end up promiscuous , when all they 're looking for is friendship . |
| 10 | ‘ I thought the longer it went on , the better it was looking for me . ’ |
| 11 | The Dales Centre aims to provide a full range of outdoor activities making use of the beautiful surroundings of the Yorkshire Dales — so those who are looking for great climbing and caving are especially well catered for . |
| 12 | Their high degree of competitiveness is a lesson both for British companies that compete with them and for all those who are looking for ways to sharpen their competitive edge . |
| 13 | Maggie had drawn a blank , none of the bodies were of those she was looking for . |
| 14 | Well it 's not either of those you 're looking for . |
| 15 | That 's why the next match is so important we 're looking for a good performance and ultimately a good result . ’ |
| 16 | First you are looking for a man named Svend — then it is your sister . |
| 17 | First you are looking for some mystery man called Svend , then it is your sister , but all the time you are taking an inventory of my apartment . ’ |
| 18 | You mean five squared , you mean five times five equals twenty five you 're looking for five squared , so that 's the right thing to write ! |
| 19 | sixty five we 're looking for |
| 20 | It was n't just Frank they were looking for , if they had n't shot him already and buried him in some bog . |
| 21 | Is it E Four you 're looking for ? |
| 22 | Labour Councillors have set up over a hundred new Council Committee meetings , an extra six hundred meetings a year , and the hundreds of thousands of pounds that is gon na cost the people of , not the community charge payers , not the community charge payers , but those people , the elderly and the handicapped who are looking for services from this Authority , which the Labour Group will say , we ca n't afford to provide cos the Government does n't send us enough money . |
| 23 | We were we were not looking for an exception to policy E two we were looking for a policy which complements erm I five . |
| 24 | ‘ In the late 1980s we were looking for somewhere to produce a whole stream of new products , ’ said managing director of Glaxo Developments Alan Catterall . |