Example sentences of "[adv] looking for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And you only have to see a police uniform through the door to feel racked with guilt , even though you 've done nothing wrong and he 's only looking for a lost cat . |
| 2 | I do find that most people who come out here on short contracts are only looking for a paid holiday . |
| 3 | Second , most people who are in work are keeping their heads down and not looking for a new job , so there is less competition from those in work . |
| 4 | That 's why I sympathise with Audrey and I feel sure she 's not looking for a new man . |
| 5 | No I 'm not , I 'm not looking for a new penknife at all boy |
| 6 | Like gangs , bullies are not looking for a stand-up fight , but for a victim ; the best way to beat them is to give more trouble than they can handle . |
| 7 | You are not looking for a fast drop in weight . |
| 8 | They are not looking for a tough fight but for a victim — someone who will cower or quake with fear like a doomed rabbit . |
| 9 | Digital Equipment Corp says that its Alpha second source agreement with Mitsubishi Electric Corp is not an exclusive pact and that it is talking with other firms that may become second sources of the chip ; ‘ We are not looking for a large number of semiconductor partners , however we are having discussions with other semiconductor companies ; those relationships could happen at various levels , ’ — DEC may still seek other firms to design versions without the marketing that Mitsubishi is providing . |
| 10 | But the athletes are making an unprecedented demand for a slice of the lucrative financial action and Tom Jennings , the agent spearheading their case , countered : ‘ We are not looking for a militant takeover , just a share of the wealth . |
| 11 | Manager Graeme Souness takes his squad across the Mersey to Tranmere tonight looking for a confidence-boosting display before the weekend showdown with Howard Wilkinson 's champions . |
| 12 | We were just looking for a suitable warren to send our ferrets down to flush out the occupants . |
| 13 | ‘ Do n't you realize I 'd be a target for all the men living in World 's End who are just looking for a loose woman to amuse themselves with ? ’ |
| 14 | But with a list price of around £1,500 , it may be a tad too expensive if you 're just looking for a reliable workhorse. 300dpi printers are good enough for churning out letters , reports and the odd graphic , and do a lot less damage to your wallet . |
| 15 | We started off just looking for a few cuddly toys and a few pounds to send them across to the folk in Roumania because we were all very touched by the need of the children there . |
| 16 | Erm , then we all just worked at getting pieces out on paper , all that was going fine , and then I assigned two more people to stick all the pieces together and trying to create sentences from it , and I think the only time that I , we lost it was like , right at the end we were like looking for a few words to make our sentences make sense . |
| 17 | I was always looking for a short-term miracle . |
| 18 | You 're always looking for a four on a par-5 , but at that stage you 'd take it as long as your main opposition has n't gone away . |
| 19 | Team Millar rider McWilliams , who is still looking for a 500 Grand Prix finish , had a constructive finish and felt he could have been higher in the table , but for the rain . |
| 20 | His Queensland team-mate , Michael Doohan , the winner in Japan , set the qualifying pace ahead of defending champion Wayne Rainey , on a Yahama , and Kevin Schwantz , the Suzuki team leader , who is still looking for a first major title breakthrough . |
| 21 | But , when asked whether he was still looking for a new goalkeeper despite Hitchcock 's form , Porterfield said : ‘ We are always looking to improve our squad of players and we will keep searching . ’ |
| 22 | It 's been a weekend of turmoil for Oxford United , still looking for a new manager . |
| 23 | It 's been a weekend of turmoil for Oxford United , still looking for a new manager . |
| 24 | Implementation of that policy , in Indo-China however , would depend upon France ; and after two years of war and in spite of some growing and ineffable optimism , the French were still looking for a purposeful Vietnam policy and had revealed not so much procrastination and missed opportunities as a sort of political paralysis . |
| 25 | The winter sales may be coming to an end … but Gloucester 's rugby men are still looking for a few late bargains when they head north to Sale this weekend . |
| 26 | The liquidator , Chris Ashurst of Brighton-based Neville Russell , says that he is still looking for a missing £1m of stock and is keen to hear from anyone who bought OCT machines from anywhere other than the London direct-sales team , or the liquidators ' auction held in Bristol . |
| 27 | Well I , I went to a psychiatrist once looking for a self-help group cos I did n't want tablets or anything I just wanted somebody I could talk to . |
| 28 | Newcastle manager Kevin Keegan is also looking for a new striker . |
| 29 | The Football League hierarchy are also looking for a new TV deal for their revamped competition and they also still have to meet sponsors Barclays to discuss the final year of their deal . |
| 30 | In debt and in the middle of a takeover battle , they 're also looking for a new manager . |