Example sentences of "looking for [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was looking for her cigarettes . |
| 2 | She was looking for her genius … |
| 3 | At 7.00 a.m. on 28 September armed police entered Mrs Cherry Groce 's house in Normandy Road , Brixton , looking for her son . |
| 4 | ‘ So we 'll no more go a-Land-Roving so late into the night , ’ sang Daisy five minutes later , as , dizzy with pride and vodka , she weaved back to Drew 's boot looking for her bag and went slap into Drew . |
| 5 | The Bulgarians sombrely suggest that she is a dead mother looking for her own baby , while the Spanish say she is the GHOST of an aunt or grandmother , looking to make a gift to her descendants . |
| 6 | I 'VE DONE IT , MUM JUBILANT Sally celebrates her sensational gold medal win in the Montjuic stadium — and then goes looking for her mum and dad in the crowd for a victory hug . |
| 7 | She had a lot of time for religion , prophecy , looking for her star . |
| 8 | The small girl was crying , looking for her lost kittens . |
| 9 | Out own men are still on the critical list , " he added , but Katherine was n't interested in the condition of the two men who had gone to Hyde 's rooms two days ago looking for her son . |
| 10 | Similarly , the increasing employment of women in the growing sector of food , drink and tobacco manufacture by the end of the century , and even the dramatic growth in the number of women commercial clerks ( 4,467 in Edinburgh by 1911 , compared to only 366 in 1881 ) did little to alter the fact that in Scotland generally ( perhaps rather more than England in the same period ) there was a very clear division of the labour market and a de facto segregation of " men 's work " from " women 's work " , which would face any girl looking for her first job . |
| 11 | He supposed that she 'd be looking for her key . |
| 12 | One Saturday night she was in the town looking for her companions as it was time to go home , when she met Alec d'Urberville . |
| 13 | Trunks were standing about half-packed , Claire was rushing madly round looking for her bonnet , Mary was trying to comfort Willmouse , who was crying loudly and looked , I thought , rather a little shrivelled thing . |
| 14 | She rummaged through the assorted pile , looking for her new lipstick and perfume , and spotted the mail which she had collected from the postman first thing , on her way to the shops . |
| 15 | They thought it was normal for Lucy ( they had never called her Mummy ) to fly from room to room looking for her watch , keys , diary , gloves , scarf , and blow a kiss to them from the garden path as the taxi-driver carried her cello out to the car , while Nissy held them up to the window to wave . |
| 16 | While she was looking for her other shoe , I stuffed my feet into trainers — no socks — and pulled on my Steel Wheels Tour sweatshirt . |
| 17 | The police are still looking for her killer . |
| 18 | In July last year came the news that the WRVS was looking for its first chief executive . |
| 19 | Asked where the company would be looking for its future clients Mr Ainslie stressed the importance of Europe , particularly Switzerland , Germany and Italy . |
| 20 | In looking for its cultural bearings , the report correspondingly failed to give any serious attention to the internal culture of higher education . |
| 21 | By looking for its consequences rather than trying to become expert in diagnosis . |
| 22 | And as I was saying to Terry Heselton over coffee it could be Selby looking for its two hundred and fifty hectares . |
| 23 | That sort of system is not so easy for actors looking for their first job but easier when you are well known . |
| 24 | ORRELL , the North 's only representatives in the Courage First Division , who are anxiously looking for their first League win of the season , can take some comfort from the news that Les Cusworth will not be around to torment them when Leicester visit Edge Hall Road on Saturday week . |
| 25 | There will be a few people , beginning with Mr Fallon , looking for their own McGoolies when this is over . ’ |
| 26 | Zelda West-Meads of Relate adds , ‘ Here someone is looking for their ideal , but she does n't exist . |
| 27 | Millwall v Arsenal Arsenal still have to find their form of a year ago but they continue to pick up points at regular intervals , and with Marwood fit and Groves recovered from a virus they should have the resources to beat a Millwall side again lacking Briley and looking for their first League win since September 23 . |
| 28 | A narrow defeat by Hampshire in the final at Lord 's , however , leaves the county still looking for their first trophy since 1982 . |
| 29 | It is an interesting thought that Aldrich 's sales of laboratory equipment could grind to a halt as the UK 's cash-starved scientists descend on their nearest Woolworth 's looking for their highly desirable Tupperware apparatus ! |
| 30 | You discover where the rabbits are by looking for their work . |