Example sentences of "[noun] looking for a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is an element of desperation in this ( ageing vampiric lefties looking for a radical fix from the last sexual sub-culture left in town ) . |
| 2 | The fact that the polecat with young was sighted three years ago by a grumpy shepherd looking for a lost lamb at 5.30 a.m. on a March morning , two miles away from post number seven , is irrelevant . |
| 3 | Imagine that you 're a complete beginner looking for a versatile sewing machine for dressmaking , soft furnishings and embroidery . |
| 4 | Early versions of these theories were quickly taken up by clinical researchers looking for a formal way of examining what their patients — like the one above — were telling them and many experimental studies were carried out , guided by the hypothesis that schizophrenic features like overinclusive thinking are due to very weak filtration of the contents of thought , resulting in the psychotic individual finding it difficult to pursue a logically connected train of ideas . |
| 5 | Throw it in the river still bearing the noose-mark , or cart it round London and risk capture looking for a new gibbet ! ’ |
| 6 | After spending all last seaon looking for a right back we now sell one ! |
| 7 | Sailing as corporate hospitality took off about a decade ago , with companies looking for a new way of hosting events . |
| 8 | On extended expeditions there were occasions when he would break or lose even his spares , and I would find myself combing deserted beaches and jungle tracks looking for a small circle of glass on which , I was acutely aware , rested the success or failure of an entire project . |
| 9 | Thus a HIGH OR EQUAL comparison condition will be used to search a blocked file looking for a given record . |
| 10 | Rather than rent a building , the company decided to build its own offices and then spent 18 months to two years looking for a suitable area . |
| 11 | He spent almost 10 years looking for a Scottish hotel near a large population centre , but found nowhere suitable . |
| 12 | She wondered how many were selling information , and how many were dupes looking for a good time . |
| 13 | On these grounds alone it would be ruled out by any sensible organisation looking for a big office site . |
| 14 | To seek information : a traveller looking for a lost companion , a curious stranger . |
| 15 | At night the harbour lights up and the atmosphere becomes electric as the streets of Aghios Nikolaos fill up with people looking for a good time in the restaurants , bars and discos . |
| 16 | We had always known that there were many people looking for a historic building to restore but had not realized the extent , which was very encouraging . |
| 17 | ‘ I hate , ’ Mrs Gray burst out passionately , ‘ people looking for a certain sort of reaction from me about it . |
| 18 | Pippa Raudsepp , residential mortgage manager with independent financial advisers London & Country Mortgages , said : ‘ For people looking for a new mortgage the rates are quite good . |
| 19 | Top cosmetic surgeon Anthony Erian says he turns away more than half the people who walk into his Harley Street consulting rooms looking for a new image . |
| 20 | ‘ We just started a band going and put up a notice looking for a female singer so Dolores turned up . ’ |
| 21 | In Britain quarrying or gravel-dredging left emptied space looking for a new use . |
| 22 | Craigie Aitchison is his leading artist looking for a new representation . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | ANOTHER worthy cause looking for a new sponsor is tall and powerful with bandaged ears . |
| 25 | It was contended that purchasers looking for a good-quality carpet would go to a conventional carpet shop and not to a carpet superstore which they considered was more applicable to the lower end of the market . |
| 26 | I 'd bum round the world looking for a lost cause and then if I found one I 'd settle down and try to save it . |
| 27 | They may not be deliberately malicious , just children looking for a little adventure , but soon windows are smashed and the doors forced open . |
| 28 | Whitehead Mann has taken on some of the highest salaried job searches in Britain , comparable with Russell Reynolds ' recruiting of Bob Bauman for Beecham ; an assignment on behalf of a major British company looking for a chief executive to run their operations in Australia earned the firm £333 000 , according to the popular press ( on the basis that the successful candidate was to be paid an annual salary approaching £1m . ) . |
| 29 | Lerissa had weighed anchor ( breaking a 56lb Danforth in the process , her owner told me next day ) and was wandering around the anchorage looking for a new parking place . |
| 30 | Yalikavak is for funboard sailors looking for a high probability of good steady winds . |