Example sentences of "[verb] look for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our eyes seek out the inhabitants fleeing distracted , or returning to look for the dead . |
| 2 | Nor do I have the time to go looking for a suitable crew . ’ |
| 3 | I did n't have it in mind to go looking for a four-piece group . |
| 4 | Watch him wobble onto the dance floor as he goes looking for a decent record collection ( ie no Alice Cooper or Frank Zappa ) in CodeMasters ' happenin' hit … |
| 5 | There are three reasons for this : first , women dress differently from ‘ 20 men all wearing pinstripe suits ’ , making them more memorable ; second , they offload their emotions over redundancy much more quickly , making them better prepared to look for a new position ; and third , because of the so-called ‘ glass ceiling ’ , those women who do make it to the top are ‘ slightly better ’ than their male competitors . |
| 6 | They are taught to look for the common signs of preparation that precede offences . |
| 7 | So we agreed to look for a new approach " . |
| 8 | Therefore , they tend to look for a certain ‘ type ’ . |
| 9 | But even if we tend to look for the scholarly , non-involved biography of the great man or woman we can not be sure that the work will be beyond criticism . |
| 10 | Also , he was not going to accept it , he was going to look for a real motive for this murder . |
| 11 | Meredith was surprised he always had to look for a hidden motive . |
| 12 | When everything around you is just plain bloody crazy , you 've got to look for the crazy answers . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I 'd stayed to look for the aristocratic drop-out . |
| 14 | ‘ I like to look for the distinctive features of a location , features that we can key into to get a synergy of strengths , ’ she says . |
| 15 | His pacifism was couched in the violent language of subversion and revolution , and long before 1917 he began to look for a distinctive Scottish way out of the war . |
| 16 | But it was when he began finding the 26 mile 385 yard distance — which he can complete in two hours and 57 minutes — ‘ about right for starters ’ , that he began to look for a new challenge . |
| 17 | But , in the summer of 1945 , he took a furnished room in Kensington and began to look for a suitable and convenient residence of his own . |
| 18 | The March Hare poured a little hot tea on its nose , and the Hatter began to look for a clean plate . |
| 19 | He began to look for a safe stance for the night … |
| 20 | Oag , formerly marketing director with a major computer industry concern in London , had grown tired of weekend commuting from Nairn , and began to look for a local company he could invest time and money in . |
| 21 | Eventually , they entered London , and Noah began to look for a quiet , cheap pub where they could spend the night . |
| 22 | If we 're finally able to exclude Burrows from this tangle , and all my instincts tell me he 's not involved , then we shall have to start looking for a compelling reason for one of those people to smash Wetherby over the head with a statuette . ’ |
| 23 | Too much energy can be spent looking for the perfect idea when being pragmatic and settling for a satisfactory solution is best . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'll have to look for a new posting . ’ |
| 25 | Try looking for the old Cinque Port of Rye along the coast and you 'll be disappointed . |
| 26 | YOUNG brothers learning to play golf went looking for a lost ball — and found an abandoned baby . |
| 27 | I went looking for a quiet place to sit — while gazing with interest at the multi armed , three-breasted Salmo'kkan dancers being sinuous on a mini-stage when I was frozen in mid stride |
| 28 | ‘ I went to look for a new car and the Lord said to me , ‘ Richie , you buy this car . |
| 29 | Sub-Prior Richard , a kindly soul even to those for whom he had no particular liking , grew anxious , and went to look for the stray , and found him on his bed in the dortoir , pallid and shivering , pleading sickness and looking pinched , grey and cold . |
| 30 | ‘ He chose to look for the spiritual through the physical , like Rimbaud and Kerouac . |