Example sentences of "[was/were] looking for the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . ’ |
| 2 | The unions said that they were looking for the second week in January to begin an all-out stoppage . |
| 3 | Moreover he knew that Harwell were looking for the crucial neutron spectrum which , surely , would clinch everything . |
| 4 | We were looking for the reflective eyes of a fox . |
| 5 | those seeking work were looking for the same kinds of jobs as those that had found it ; |
| 6 | yes it 's Chernobyl , he was looking for the real word there , a nuclear what ? |
| 7 | I was looking for the perfect book and I found it . ’ |
| 8 | Hershman says his movie is inspired by Jean-Luc Godard 's Breathless , and that he was looking for the new Jean-Paul Belmondo to play the lead . |
| 9 | I was looking for the same thing yesterday ! |
| 10 | I was looking for the twenty-five pounds . |
| 11 | Because that 's detail really , er , I was looking for the main parts . |