Example sentences of "[be] [prep] look for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you have to use files created by someone else , finding out which file you want to retrieve can be like looking for a needle in a haystack , particularly if that person is out of the office . |
| 2 | It would be like looking for a needle in a haystack . ’ |
| 3 | It will be like looking for a needle in a haystack . |
| 4 | It must be like looking for a needle in a haystack — assuming there 's a bloody needle there . ’ |
| 5 | It would be like looking for a needle in a haystack . |
| 6 | Most of these are well beyond binocular range , but it is worth looking for the ‘ Black-Eye ’ galaxy M64 , which is within a degree of the star 35 Comæ , not far from Alpha . |
| 7 | It 's like looking for a needle in a haystack . ) |
| 8 | But looking into the future , well , that 's like looking for the bottom of the river , is n't it ? |
| 9 | One of the main ways of distinguishing a European mink Mustela lutreola from this American one is by looking for a white patch on the upper lip . |
| 10 | ‘ It was like looking for a needle in a haystack , ’ said Claire Whitehead of the Friskie 's Pet Care Helpline yesterday . |
| 11 | It was like looking for a matchstick in a forest . |