Example sentences of "[vb past] look for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So we agreed to look for a new approach " . |
| 2 | His pacifism was couched in the violent language of subversion and revolution , and long before 1917 he began to look for a distinctive Scottish way out of the war . |
| 3 | But it was when he began finding the 26 mile 385 yard distance — which he can complete in two hours and 57 minutes — ‘ about right for starters ’ , that he began to look for a new challenge . |
| 4 | But , in the summer of 1945 , he took a furnished room in Kensington and began to look for a suitable and convenient residence of his own . |
| 5 | The March Hare poured a little hot tea on its nose , and the Hatter began to look for a clean plate . |
| 6 | He began to look for a safe stance for the night … |
| 7 | Oag , formerly marketing director with a major computer industry concern in London , had grown tired of weekend commuting from Nairn , and began to look for a local company he could invest time and money in . |
| 8 | Eventually , they entered London , and Noah began to look for a quiet , cheap pub where they could spend the night . |
| 9 | YOUNG brothers learning to play golf went looking for a lost ball — and found an abandoned baby . |
| 10 | I went looking for a quiet place to sit — while gazing with interest at the multi armed , three-breasted Salmo'kkan dancers being sinuous on a mini-stage when I was frozen in mid stride |
| 11 | ‘ I went to look for a new car and the Lord said to me , ‘ Richie , you buy this car . |
| 12 | Sub-Prior Richard , a kindly soul even to those for whom he had no particular liking , grew anxious , and went to look for the stray , and found him on his bed in the dortoir , pallid and shivering , pleading sickness and looking pinched , grey and cold . |
| 13 | ‘ He chose to look for the spiritual through the physical , like Rimbaud and Kerouac . |
| 14 | We learned to look for the black tongue , water that would take us between rocks . |
| 15 | he said looking for a little boy who can do building work |
| 16 | So we decided we had to look for a new singer . |
| 17 | She mounted the steps to the front door of the house and stood looking for the right bell to ring . |