Example sentences of "[pron] be [adv] look for " in BNC.
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1 | This time it was a police sergeant , and when Joe went upstairs the sergeant said : " I am looking for Wg Cdr Mahaddie , and I am also looking for one of my constables , " Joe foolishly replied : We might have a wing commander here but we do n't have your constable . " |
2 | I am not looking for maximum performance or power . |
3 | I am not looking for money , just a deep involvement and I must be worth a telephone call . |
4 | I am not looking for , or expecting , sympathy , but as I have selflessly ridden through the valley of the Multivite Vegeburger/Singletons Valve Replacement League Division Three , I have taken abuse to the left of me and phlegm to the right . |
5 | ‘ I am not looking for a ghost . |
6 | ‘ I am not looking for commitment ! ’ |
7 | Therefore I am now looking for a larger tank . |
8 | ‘ I am now looking for companies that want to add a new line to their range . ’ |
9 | Yet it is not too hard to imagine how a computer parsing program might achieve some such effect : if we ask an English speaker how he does it , we may well get some reply like ‘ Well , I 'm simply looking for a sense of the word related to drinking , are n't I ? ’ |
10 | Without thinking , I said , ‘ No thanks , I 'm just looking for a man . ’ |
11 | No , it 's okay er , just carry on cos I 'm just looking for a piece of paper to write it on . |
12 | That 's what I 'm just looking for , hang on . |
13 | I 'm just looking for the biographical summary Ellis has given me . |
14 | I 'm just looking for some old family … ’ |
15 | so I 'm just looking for er a T-shirt or something for Lisa no you ca n't have the pen it 's too sharp yeah , you 're crafty you are are n't you , you can get zips open now mm |
16 | I will , I 'm just looking for the |
17 | Erm , I 'm just looking for some with lycra because I like to be able to afford a bit more . |
18 | Yes , I 'm just looking for |
19 | what your doing , your just , she said I know I am she says I 'm nick picking , I 'm just looking for faults , I told you that today |
20 | I 'm here looking for someone . |
21 | I 'm not looking for attention . |
22 | ‘ I 'm not looking for problems or confrontations off the field . |
23 | ‘ I 'm not looking for excuses — I had felt great all day and I was really relaxed until six laps from the end . |
24 | I 'm not looking for him . |
25 | I 'm not looking for the exotic in my photographs . |
26 | I 'm not looking for it to make , make a profit , |
27 | Clare said , ‘ I 'm not looking for Prince Charming . |
28 | I 'm not looking for the exotic in my photographs . |
29 | This is , I , I 'm not looking for a |
30 | ‘ I 'm not looking for anything . ’ |