Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [be] look for " in BNC.
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| 1 | His best guess was that the reference was to Nerys , that his unconscious mind had been looking for comfort in the prospect that Wayne would at least be with his mother , in which case he decided that there was probably some hope for his mental state after all . |
| 2 | She calmly told me that the police had called round and that Nassim had been looking for me . |
| 3 | The City and the Confederation of British Industry had been looking for some indication of earlier participation in the exchange rate mechanism of the EMS . |
| 4 | He told officers that his friend had been looking for Carol in Bristol on the Friday before she died . |
| 5 | People magazine has been looking for possible substitutes , and among the personalities they suggest is Prince Charles . |
| 6 | The other strategy has been to look for a species that is alive today that has physical characteristics similar to those of our common ancestor , and has the same lifestyle , and to use its brain as a model for the primitive brain . |
| 7 | The health authority had been looking for a site since 1989 but found difficulty in obtaining suitable premises in terms of locality , accessibility and size of ground floor accommodation . |
| 8 | ‘ Do you remember last year when your cousin Hamed was looking for a bride ? ’ |
| 9 | The German bank has been looking for a French opening for its global expansion for some time . |
| 10 | ‘ He did n't realise that people all over the world have been looking for him . ’ |
| 11 | The ruling Liberal Democratic Party had been looking for an excuse to reward its friends in the building industry for their financial support . |