Example sentences of "[verb] [been] looking for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Touche Ross has been looking for an acquisition to accelerate the growth of its information technology business for some eighteen months . |
| 2 | Equally the use of ebony seemed a good choice ; I 'd been looking for an excuse to make something in ebony for ages , anyway ! |
| 3 | Must have been looking for a house . |
| 4 | If I had been looking for a lover — I admit my husband 's fortunes were not at their brightest , and my friendship with the Philosopher was a little turbulent at that time — then I should not have chosen Gustave . |
| 5 | The health authority had been looking for a site since 1989 but found difficulty in obtaining suitable premises in terms of locality , accessibility and size of ground floor accommodation . |
| 6 | He had been looking for a place to live . |
| 7 | The ruling Liberal Democratic Party had been looking for an excuse to reward its friends in the building industry for their financial support . |
| 8 | He was inclined to believe he had been looking for an excuse to ring her , which was foolish because he did not need an excuse . |
| 9 | That is erm whenever people look for an analysis of something , here I 've been looking for an analysis of individuation , there 's a tendency to consider candidate analyses one by one , singulatum . |
| 10 | I have been looking for a recording ( with some difficulty ) , since not many shops are prepared to let me listen to different interpretations ) , indeed I purchased the Royal Opera House , Covent Garden/Marc Ermler offering only to be disappointed , all because I wanted CD sound quality to replace a home-made cassette of a live Radio 3 broadcast ( should I be telling you this ? ) |
| 11 | Scientific director Gordon McVie said : ‘ We have been looking for a link between diet and cancer for 20 years now and this could be it . |
| 12 | Darlington councillor Frank Robson , chairman of the town 's twinning sub-committee , said : ‘ We already have twin towns in Germany and France and have been looking for a twin in Eastern Europe for some time . |
| 13 | Everton have been looking for a target man to bring out the best in Mo Johnston and Peter Beardsley . |
| 14 | ‘ There is a man next door who 's been looking for a job at least five years . |
| 15 | No wonder he 's been looking for an excuse to get rid of you . ’ |