Example sentences of "[be] [adv] looking for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | that and so on , erm , erm , I , it would be nice in fact if the er Ipswich evening tabloid which gave us prominence to this rule er would give just a little space to er this latest development , erm but I would like to , not being excessively caracole I mean reading this document I do feel a slight er switch on your comments on er Pipers Vale , er which you note , there are no er nationally er or er common species which sounds as though you have designs on it , erm I , I wonder if this would be the place to ask you , you know , to make some sort of statement about Pipers Vale , you know that we are basically looking for a route which does not touch on Pipers Vale |
| 2 | I do find that most people who come out here on short contracts are only looking for a paid holiday . |
| 3 | ‘ I am not looking for a ghost . |
| 4 | The club say they are already looking for a replacement . |
| 5 | ‘ We are not looking for a leader , ’ Douglas Wilson from Burton said . |
| 6 | You are not looking for a fast drop in weight . |
| 7 | They are not looking for a tough fight but for a victim — someone who will cower or quake with fear like a doomed rabbit . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The assessors explain that they are not looking for the best ; ‘ that 'd be hopeless . |
| 12 | On the other hand , we certainly are not looking for the bland , but rather for the anodyne which is also intriguing and interesting and has a sense of positive enthusiasm . ’ |
| 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 | " She 's right , " the maid grinned , " you are just looking for a body to practise on . " |
| 15 | people are just looking for a diversion so erm |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | You 're just looking for a date of today . |
| 18 | ‘ We 're not looking for a conflict . |
| 19 | Staff at Watford Gap say they 're not looking for a place in the annals of high cuisine , just to continue making their customers a nice cup of tea in the morning or a nice cup of tea with their tea . |
| 20 | No we 're not looking for an increase in our I five allocation . |
| 21 | Er is the number to ring and we 're still looking for a North Yorkshire M P . |
| 22 | Now you 'll see in the final paragraph , er no in the second paragraph of that letter that er we 're still looking for a er an amicable solution to erm to this whole thing . |
| 23 | Detectives in Cheltenham , who 're still looking for the milkman 's attackers , say they understand his decision . |
| 24 | Detectives in Cheltenham , who 're still looking for the milkman 's attackers , say they understand his decision . |
| 25 | They 're still looking for the murder weapon , believed to be a tyre lever . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Take people to objections , take them to where you want them to be and bear in mind you 're always looking for an objection |
| 28 | In debt and in the middle of a takeover battle , they 're also looking for a new manager . |
| 29 | Mostly , crises arise when a guest pulls out at the last minute and we 're urgently looking for a replacement — sometimes we 've had just a matter of hours . |
| 30 | The British Antarctic Survey forms a key component of the Natural Environment Research Council , and we 're now looking for an experienced Electron Microscopist to manage the new SEM facility at our Cambridge headquarters . |