Example sentences of "[be] looking for the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You may lose some credibility with the clientele if you demolish him or her with a blitzkrieg attack only to find later that they had been looking for the nearest toilet ! |
| 2 | ‘ Then obviously I 've been looking for the wrong qualities in my secretaries . ’ |
| 3 | Although he has been looking for the little creep to beat him up for having steered him wrong , he realises that it is better to be with someone , even someone like Ratso , than to be alone . |
| 4 | When money is tight , passengers are looking for the best deal . |
| 5 | Customer clinics have shown that executive car buyers are looking for the following factors : durability , style , comfort , performance and interior space . |
| 6 | ‘ But we continue to study it and are looking for the right vehicle . ’ |
| 7 | Parish council chairman Jack Holywell said it seems that the thieves are looking for the easy targets which they know will be left unguarded at night . |
| 8 | After all , we are looking for the same thing . ’ |
| 9 | If they are looking for the special therapist to ‘ cure ’ them , then , also they will be disappointed . |
| 10 | I 'm an administrator by background , and I think that 's interesting , because one of the things that we are trying to do in the health service is to open up our management posts to people of all professions , and to recognise that management is not the prerogative of any particular group , but that we 're looking for the right people to manage our services from wherever they might come , and I 'm one of three people who has a responsibility to the senior manager in the community at the top , for the managing on a day-to-day basis the health services in Oxfordshire . |
| 11 | I think that 's the one danger of all of this , is that both the County Council 's and the District Council 's aim perhaps or now are beginning to listen to the parish councils , but also , just really get an eye off the ball , cos they 're looking for the increased responsibilities for their own purposes , and I think that 's one serious danger that we c have to face , as a local community . |
| 12 | They 'll tell everyone that they 're looking for the stolen uranium . |
| 13 | If you 're looking for the perfect Valentine 's prezzie for your perfect man that 's just a bit different check these out ! |
| 14 | If you 're looking for the perfect summer dress , how about this flattering style with full skirt and neatly-belted waist ? |
| 15 | We 're looking for the local minimum and the local maximum . |
| 16 | So we 're looking for the ideal candidate . |
| 17 | The subtle , instinctive mind pattern of an insect may be looking for the particular infrared , pheromone emission which signifies the presence of his lady-love . |
| 18 | The formal publication stage is much the same when it comes to record content — peer and institution review will still be looking for the same things . |
| 19 | We had discussed this business of how people 's appearance literally alters in the eyes of their lovers , and suddenly I blushed , for it seemed to me he must be remembering this too , and that we must be looking for the same thing , as one might take down an old book in a moment of hungry nostalgia and start to re-read , hoping it may provide the same remembered enchantment as before . |
| 20 | I 'm looking for the magical pleasureboat , to carry us off and lose us in a kingdom out at sea . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm looking for the Crowned Head , ’ he said . |
| 22 | I 'm looking for the German U boats , when er that 's the beginning of the German U boat |
| 23 | ‘ It 's all about money , I 'm looking for the heavy readies , not the glory . |
| 24 | well I like singing it , what I mean , I think what it is I 'm looking for the old , I 'm not being funny , I 'm looking for the old voice |
| 25 | Mr Richard Warburton , director general of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents , said : ‘ If you were looking for the highest standards of safety , then you would be separating people from their vehicles in the tunnel . ’ |
| 26 | The unions said that they were looking for the second week in January to begin an all-out stoppage . |
| 27 | Moreover he knew that Harwell were looking for the crucial neutron spectrum which , surely , would clinch everything . |
| 28 | We were looking for the reflective eyes of a fox . |
| 29 | those seeking work were looking for the same kinds of jobs as those that had found it ; |
| 30 | Therefore , when one comes to section 63(2) one is looking for the additional expense incurred in or in connection with the provision of the benefit . |