Example sentences of "[be] looking for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have been looking for a recording ( with some difficulty ) , since not many shops are prepared to let me listen to different interpretations ) , indeed I purchased the Royal Opera House , Covent Garden/Marc Ermler offering only to be disappointed , all because I wanted CD sound quality to replace a home-made cassette of a live Radio 3 broadcast ( should I be telling you this ? ) |
| 2 | I 've been looking for a pair of doctor martins ca n't find any . |
| 3 | Darlington councillor Frank Robson , chairman of the town 's twinning sub-committee , said : ‘ We already have twin towns in Germany and France and have been looking for a twin in Eastern Europe for some time . |
| 4 | Scientific director Gordon McVie said : ‘ We have been looking for a link between diet and cancer for 20 years now and this could be it . |
| 5 | ‘ You 've practically exiled yourself from your family and your home and your friends , you think you 've failed your finals but you say you 've no intention of sitting your re-sits even if you have ; you 've no money and you have n't even been looking for a job ; you 're getting done for shop-lifting and you 're acting like such a fucking dick-head you seem determined to get shot of the last few pals you do have left … and all you can do is make smart-ass remarks . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ There is a man next door who 's been looking for a job at least five years . |
| 7 | Everton have been looking for a target man to bring out the best in Mo Johnston and Peter Beardsley . |
| 8 | If I had been looking for a lover — I admit my husband 's fortunes were not at their brightest , and my friendship with the Philosopher was a little turbulent at that time — then I should not have chosen Gustave . |
| 9 | Must have been looking for a house . |
| 10 | He had been looking for a place to live . |
| 11 | The health authority had been looking for a site since 1989 but found difficulty in obtaining suitable premises in terms of locality , accessibility and size of ground floor accommodation . |
| 12 | Gabriel said nothing ; she had not been looking for a life-story . |
| 13 | He must have been looking for the keys . |
| 14 | She wondered whether Amy had been looking for the Julians or for her when she drove down the drive ? |
| 15 | He had been looking for the Face of Death . |
| 16 | But we have always been looking for the cause of the extra 40 per cent . |
| 17 | He had been looking for the omen Heather might have nerved herself to disregard . |
| 18 | Police have been looking for the killer of seventy year old Jim Eggleton since his battered body was found five weeks ago . |
| 19 | The Crick Committee , which had been appointed in 1961 and reported on A Higher Award in Business Studies in 1964 , had originally been looking for an equivalent of the DipTech , but had waited for the Robbins Report before issuing its recommendations . |
| 20 | The ruling Liberal Democratic Party had been looking for an excuse to reward its friends in the building industry for their financial support . |
| 21 | I should have realized that Clive would dump me at the first opportunity , that he had in fact been looking for an excuse to do so . |
| 22 | Equally the use of ebony seemed a good choice ; I 'd been looking for an excuse to make something in ebony for ages , anyway ! |
| 23 | He was inclined to believe he had been looking for an excuse to ring her , which was foolish because he did not need an excuse . |
| 24 | No wonder he 's been looking for an excuse to get rid of you . ’ |
| 25 | That is erm whenever people look for an analysis of something , here I 've been looking for an analysis of individuation , there 's a tendency to consider candidate analyses one by one , singulatum . |
| 26 | Touche Ross has been looking for an acquisition to accelerate the growth of its information technology business for some eighteen months . |
| 27 | In summary , I am looking for a jacket which is wind and water proof , breathable , looks respectable enough to turn up at the office in , and offers conspicuity . |
| 28 | I am looking for a man . ’ |
| 29 | I 'm a 27 year old male on kidney dialysis and am looking for a computer to use at home with the long-term objective of working in computer programming . |
| 30 | A very authoritative voice shouted : " Joe , I must come in because I am looking for a wing commander . |