Example sentences of "[be] look [prep] a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 're looking for a dirtier funky sound that does n't smell of record label money . ’ |
| 2 | On the other hand , do n't go looking too battered : they are n't looking for Walter Huston , they 're looking for a younger , well-scrubbed , cheerfully confident Robert Mitchum . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Leicester is a city in which we should expect to have a good general bookshop , and we shall be looking for a bigger and better site in the city . ’ |
| 4 | The partner in charge of several project engineers , however , will be looking at a coarser level of cost increment ( say £5000 ) in controlling and monitoring the performance of his or her group of engineers . |
| 5 | Connon stared down at the young man in the picture as if he was looking at a stranger and trying to analyse what made him seem vaguely familiar . |
| 6 | When de Kooning was looking for a bigger space , Vicente suggested he take a studio next to his . |
| 7 | Working as a pageboy in a club in St James 's in the 1930s , he mentioned to a member that he was looking for a better-paid job . |
| 8 | I was looking to a broader concept than that of agency when considering the responsibility of the creditors in ‘ leaving the matter to the son to obtain the signatures of the parents . ’ |