Example sentences of "looked for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maggie looked for the old damson tree by McCabe 's , the crab and wild cherry . |
| 2 | He looked for the pole Star on nights so intensely black that you almost had to touch your limbs to make sure they were still there . |
| 3 | I only looked for the sake of form . |
| 4 | Flipping back through the pile of loose pages again , he looked for the words he had written about the dark-haired princess who had so generously , so openly acknowledged his presence , the girl to whom ( surely ) he would have been able to tell The Truth . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I looked for the name of yoof goddess Janet Street-Porter on the credits . |
| 7 | Relieved to be out in the open again , I looked for the route up onto the giant hump of Rhossili Down above the village . |
| 8 | I looked for the one my heart loves ; |
| 9 | While there , he looked for the first time through papers which his father , Herbert Cranko , had left : two notebooks and a number of typescripts . |
| 10 | Then he arose in fear , and called for light , and it was brought him ; and he looked for the leper and could see nothing ; so he returned into the bed , leaving the light burning . |
| 11 | They forced several corners and looked for the height of Simon White and Steve Harris to open up the sometimes nervous ‘ Mill defence . |
| 12 | HE LOOKED for the second picture , found it in one glance , and the blood shot hot to his heart . |
| 13 | He looked for the time . |
| 14 | I now realise I looked for the wrong things . |
| 15 | But Maggie had a warm heart and she looked for the best in people . |
| 16 | I always looked for the sounds ; whether it was musically correct or not did n't bother me , but it had to have a certain sound to it . ’ |
| 17 | I looked for the knitted garments that I used to help her with but they must have all been sold . |
| 18 | Mr Tomlinson became very anxious and looked for the passenger both on and under the train . |
| 19 | So instead , Palmer looked for the gamma ray which would be produced in association and as such would be proof that the fusion process was occurring . |
| 20 | In the camp canteen I looked for the woman who had encouraged me to come to what , by the minute , I was beginning to feel was a god-forsaken hole . |
| 21 | Tabitha looked for the man . |
| 22 | He looked for the gamekeeper from the villa among the group of men in dark suits and flat caps who stood talking between the plastic flower stall and the van selling salted fish , but he was n't able to spot him . |
| 23 | He paced out an arc of twelve paces , looked for the killer 's place . |
| 24 | She looked for the room and , finding it , knocked on the door . |
| 25 | Zacks Investment Research in Chicago looked for The Economist at 27 analysts ' recommendations on Philip Morris before April 2nd . |
| 26 | So they looked for the form and they could n't find it . |
| 27 | In other words , where yesterday 's historian looked for the history of an oppressed working class , today 's historian looks for marginalized groups , and those who have transgressed social norms . |
| 28 | When Stuart and I heard this we got up and looked for the nearest exit . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | And forgetting , startled , she looked for the hovering colour and saw a rainbow forming itself . |