Example sentences of "[pers pn] 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 looked for the first time straight into his moonlit eyes , and I saw Perkin the son , the husband , the one who worked with wood . |
| 4 | I now realise I looked for the wrong things . |
| 5 | I looked for the knitted garments that I used to help her with but they must have all been sold . |
| 6 | Then , and only then , may you look for the individual volume . |
| 7 | She looked for the other , older brother whom Henry had said had died during the war , Leonard was it ? |
| 8 | But Maggie had a warm heart and she looked for the best in people . |
| 9 | She looked for the last time . |
| 10 | And forgetting , startled , she looked for the hovering colour and saw a rainbow forming itself . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Where , in fact , are we to look for the major effects of the use of computers in humanities research ? |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | How would they like a stranger to be in control of the way they look for the next six months ? ’ |
| 17 | Well they , they had gone into the production of er steel er turning er in such a way that er they looked for the best possible tools er in order , one , that they could produce the item more cheaply as far as the employing class is concerned , they want to produce it as cheap as they can and probably sell it the dearest . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | From there it looks for the infra-red ‘ signature ’ of a rocket 's exhaust . |
| 20 | It looks for the Highest Common Factor ( HCF ) and seeks to promote that . |
| 21 | When the computer is trying to save a new file to a disc , it looks for the first available fragment of space , writes as much of the new file as will fit , then looks for another available fragment of space , writes a bit more , and so on until all the file is written somewhere on the disc . |
| 22 | It looks for the new round of retrenchments to have a positive effect on 1993 profits , but ca n't forecast them . |
| 23 | HE LOOKED for the second picture , found it in one glance , and the blood shot hot to his heart . |
| 24 | He looked for the other two aircraft . |
| 25 | While there , he looked for the first time through papers which his father , Herbert Cranko , had left : two notebooks and a number of typescripts . |
| 26 | Throwing back his head , he looked for the last time at the cloud-torn sky , and begged the Lord to watch over them and keep them safe ; and then he was gone , and all that remained was the surging waves and the cold , white crests of foam . |