Example sentences of "looking [prep] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If dad starts looking through there he 'll never get down the street . |
| 2 | The prime example of what your looking for ie tallish , good in the air and commanding is Paul Whelan ( younger brother of Ronnie Whelan form Liverpool ( still the best midfielder in England ) ) . |
| 3 | David Mercer joined the editorial board ; so did Mo Teitlebaum , involved in TV , the poet Adrian Mitchell , looking for rather more than It could offer , and Robin Fior , a designer . |
| 4 | Ian Harper reports on how the latest fiasco in designing systems to facilitate the Stock Exchange has left fund managers and brokers looking for yet another solution to their needs . |
| 5 | It will be looking for widely based skills but will still be skill-orientated . |
| 6 | Among them are a surprising ( or is it ? ) number of aeroplanes bearing Cayman Islands letters , many of which I 'll bet have never been near that tax ; haven , the late Cap'n Bob 's pair of liquidator-awaiting , Bermudan-registered Gulfstreams , appropriately VR-BOB and VR-BRM , and a host of N-numbered machines which no doubt the Gatwick-based FAA inspectors looking for illegally operated U.S.-registered aircraft will find enlightening . |
| 7 | Mary Finnigan : ‘ It emerged that David was looking for somewhere to live . |
| 8 | The ladies , sisters , were English and looking for somewhere cheap but clean while they stayed on in Florence to attend art classes . |
| 9 | But it was n't his fault she 'd built herself a dream and was looking for somewhere to make it happen . |
| 10 | They drove slowly through the town , looking for somewhere to park . |
| 11 | ‘ It does sound as though there is , ’ answered Brown Owl , ‘ and it keeps circling , almost as if the pilot is looking for somewhere to land . ’ |
| 12 | The wee ginger-haired midfielder who was once described as ‘ a volcano looking for somewhere to explode , ’ took his men on a drinking spree that stretched from the downstairs bar of the Marina Hotel to an exclusive Copenhagen night club called ‘ Bonaparte 's ’ , and back again . |
| 13 | It was the only place in the Forest where you could sit down carelessly , without getting up again almost at once and looking for somewhere else . |
| 14 | The millions who would soon be looking for somewhere to spend their hard-earned break were his natural customers . |
| 15 | ‘ In the late 1980s we were looking for somewhere to produce a whole stream of new products , ’ said managing director of Glaxo Developments Alan Catterall . |
| 16 | Now she 's gone , and I do n't have to pay out , I 'm not badly off ; I 've saved a bit , and I 'd thought there would be no need to let the room , but if you and Mr Paul was looking for somewhere clean and comfortable , with good food , and reasonable as it 's yourselves , perhaps you 'd think it over . ’ |
| 17 | She used to be one of that Rajneesh lot , she always lives in communes , and Linda told me she was looking for somewhere . |
| 18 | Apart from moisture vapour , the air also contains millions of tiny plant spores which float around looking for somewhere to live and multiply . |
| 19 | When the couple had gone upstairs to bed , Mr Stephens packed his bag for the next day 's outing , bolted the doors firmly — for many of the men stayed in Cockermouth drinking for three or four days and would roam the streets at night looking for somewhere to sleep — and then , as if to atone for those first designs he had on Emily , he picked out Silas Marner from his bookshelf and wrapped it up as a present for her . |
| 20 | Yeah I was looking for somewhere he does n't . |
| 21 | Sid Vicious — a simple-minded soul with no ideology save revenge , careering through life like a bad accident looking for somewhere to happen . |
| 22 | We all imagined he had some secret new money-spinning idea and soon we 'd all be amazed at what he 'd done to the place , and coming here to marvel at the crowds he 'd managed to attract … but I do n't think he was ever looking for a site for some viable business venture ; I think he was just looking for somewhere suited to his burned-out , fed-up , pissed-off mood . |
| 23 | Or Cashman , drunk and abusive in the lobby , looking for somewhere to lay his head ? |
| 24 | He was looking for somewhere to hide my iron . |
| 25 | This girl was looking for somewhere to hide . |
| 26 | ‘ I was looking for somewhere to stay , but if you 're — ’ |
| 27 | She was looking for somewhere to turn when she suddenly realised there were buildings ahead of her . |
| 28 | She came here looking for somewhere to live . |
| 29 | And a short while before that , while one of them was getting some tools or something from the van , a car drove past quite slowly as if the driver was looking for somewhere . |
| 30 | I happened to be looking for somewhere to mount a small African sculpture I had bought and came upon De Biasi in Tottenham Mews just off Tottenham Court Toad . |