Example sentences of "[pron] look for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I come out into the light at the end , I look for the white van . |
| 2 | I looked for the black boots . |
| 3 | I now realise I looked for the wrong things . |
| 4 | I looked for the knitted garments that I used to help her with but they must have all been sold . |
| 5 | Then , and only then , may you look for the individual volume . |
| 6 | She looked for the other , older brother whom Henry had said had died during the war , Leonard was it ? |
| 7 | And forgetting , startled , she looked for the hovering colour and saw a rainbow forming itself . |
| 8 | If one looks for the perfect image of a great country seat in the Victorian novel , it is hard to better this one , seen by middle-class eyes which have no place in the picture they present to the reader : |
| 9 | That we look not for detailed application of single techniques in a piecemeal fashion , but rather that we look for the general developments from which we can build school specific approaches which translate the experience into usable school practice . |
| 10 | In the former we look for the objectionable and unacceptable features in the book and use these as the basis of rejection , and in the latter we look for the meritorious and desirable features in the book and use these as the basis of selection . |
| 11 | In the former we look for the objectionable and unacceptable features in the book and use these as the basis of rejection , and in the latter we look for the meritorious and desirable features in the book and use these as the basis of selection . |
| 12 | Where , in fact , are we to look for the major effects of the use of computers in humanities research ? |
| 13 | For anybody looking for the ultimate adrenaline experience , I would have to recommend Bungee Jumping . |
| 14 | They regard it as significant that the eighth and ninth century saw an increasing volume of exchanges not initiated by the state , but " privately-generated " ; and they look for the new wealth-creators among lords and peasants , finding in rural markets crucial mechanisms of exchange . |
| 15 | And that 's where engineering you know , knowledge , comes er to bear because an engineer looks for that , he looks for the easy , simplest you know er method of production er which gives him an effective er machining operation throughout the whole job . |
| 16 | From there it looks for the infra-red ‘ signature ’ of a rocket 's exhaust . |
| 17 | It looks for the new round of retrenchments to have a positive effect on 1993 profits , but ca n't forecast them . |
| 18 | He looked for the other two aircraft . |