Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] look for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When we got there I drove round and round for hours looking for the hotel , ’ Markus said . |
| 2 | Everything he said or wrote was calculated for posterity , in her view , he sounded like a sheaf of notes looking for a history book . |
| 3 | The following example program segment reads through a list of names looking for the name in " name$ . |
| 4 | People strolled past without giving him a second look — couples hand in hand , families with pushchairs , groups of friends looking for a good spot to picnic . |
| 5 | Three years ago she had just recently left college , one of thousands of graduates looking for a job . |
| 6 | The Conservative selection board was designed to bring the candidates ' list into the latter half of the twentieth century by including more industrialists , more women , more representatives of ethnic minorities , and reducing the number of barristers looking for a congenial second career . |
| 7 | It 's like lemmings looking for a cliff . ’ |
| 8 | He wandered along the brighter corridors near Nettles looking for a good place to plant his seeds . |
| 9 | Sailing as corporate hospitality took off about a decade ago , with companies looking for a new way of hosting events . |
| 10 | ‘ Now I get loads and loads of letters from teenagers looking for a career in the sport . |
| 11 | Manufacturers in plastics looking for a new aquatic widget are invited to contact Iwan Davies for details of his O 2 Enhancer which he has designed to spread water more effectively over trickle filter media . |
| 12 | Jim Blackie , 41 , remembers catching the bus from his home in Gateshead every Friday night to go to the Oxford in the Sixties ‘ Everybody used to walk around in circles looking for a girl . |
| 13 | The extra width available will be a boon to photographers looking for a rich textured background for full sized studio work . |
| 14 | Talks and meetings on topics of interest to nurses looking for a change in career direction are held throughout the day , and personnel and recruitment officers make themselves available to answer questions and arrange interviews for interested applicants . |
| 15 | ‘ I came to Phraxos looking for a house to rent . |
| 16 | Nevertheless , it 's an excellent shoe for runners looking for a workhorse shoe combining stability cushioning and durability . |
| 17 | FOR employees looking for an environmentally-friendly Christmas present … why not adopt a Wedghog . |