Example sentences of "[verb] [be] looking [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Part of the problem has been the software , which has been looking for a decent hardware platform and waiting for support from a mainstream operating system vendor . |
2 | The German bank has been looking for a French opening for its global expansion for some time . |
3 | Time Warner has been looking for a high-technology partner since 1991 , when it sold smaller stakes in TWE to two Japanese firms , Toshiba and ITOCHU ( then known as C. Itoh ) . |
4 | Morgan has been looking for a white knight for the last two weeks since insurance broker Willis Faber announced it was selling its 20 per cent stake in the merchant bank to Banque Indosuez , part of Compagnie Financiere de Suez . |
5 | And he would ask a few questions , say he 'd been looking for a few hours . |
6 | If we 'd been looking for an easy acquaintance with nature , we would have chosen a different landscape : something lusher and more intricate , not this bleak and famished hillside on the Atlantic 's edge . |
7 | And the car was such a mess nobody would have been looking for a sawn brake cable . ’ |
8 | Obviously a tall , long-legged person will need a big horse ; I recently sold a 17.3hh gelding to a man of six foot eight who had been looking for a long time ! |
9 | I had been looking for a full-length piece to do anyway and I was also attracted to the idea of working with a ballet company . ’ |
10 | If Philip had been looking for a pale , sickly , ragged and possibly fettered prisoner , Harry would be a considerable shock to him . |
11 | Oh I du n no , I 've been looking at a few , not that probably , not in the top ten |