Example sentences of "[am/are] [adv] looking [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | that and so on , erm , erm , I , it would be nice in fact if the er Ipswich evening tabloid which gave us prominence to this rule er would give just a little space to er this latest development , erm but I would like to , not being excessively caracole I mean reading this document I do feel a slight er switch on your comments on er Pipers Vale , er which you note , there are no er nationally er or er common species which sounds as though you have designs on it , erm I , I wonder if this would be the place to ask you , you know , to make some sort of statement about Pipers Vale , you know that we are basically looking for a route which does not touch on Pipers Vale |
| 2 | The club say they are already looking for a replacement . |
| 3 | " She 's right , " the maid grinned , " you are just looking for a body to practise on . " |
| 4 | people are just looking for a diversion so erm |
| 5 | Tt and we 're obviously looking at a process of land reform which has , has undergone a number of changes and I think we , we 've begun to see some of the influences on those changes and particularly over the , the last week or so the this has . |
| 6 | You 're just looking for a date of today . |
| 7 | Which does n't really matter , because just we 're just looking at a snap-shot of |
| 8 | Mostly , crises arise when a guest pulls out at the last minute and we 're urgently looking for a replacement — sometimes we 've had just a matter of hours . |
| 9 | Tangmere are still looking for a home for T-33A 19252 — more details on . |
| 10 | The village hall committee are still looking for a secretary . |
| 11 | THE LA 's are still looking for a producer for their next album , after plans to work with PETE TOWNSHEND were scrapped . |
| 12 | The agent 's problem with acts who are still looking for a deal is how to judge their potential for success . |
| 13 | We are still looking for a connection between New Scientist and Richard Attenborough 's film Gandhi . |
| 14 | Tottenham have failed to prise Sheringham away from the City ground and are still looking for a replacement for Gary Lineker . |
| 15 | The organisers are also looking for a play scheme leader to manage the project . |
| 16 | We 've got a number of questions we want to ask you , because er though you 're pivotal to all of our erm activities in this enquiry , we are also looking to a report which is hopefully going to be influenced the Bill the Government brings forward . |
| 17 | They fear that they are now looking at a successor tax which is designed simply to allow the Government to muddle through to the next election . |
| 18 | Health spokesman Vic Shroot said : ‘ We are now looking for a pilot willing to fly the plane . |
| 19 | We are now looking for a manager to head this group and develop its work . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm only looking for a taxi . ’ |
| 21 | Without thinking , I said , ‘ No thanks , I 'm just looking for a man . ’ |
| 22 | No , it 's okay er , just carry on cos I 'm just looking for a piece of paper to write it on . |
| 23 | But then I began to find it rather unsatisfying , so I 'm now looking for a job , either part-time or full time , but if that does n't work out , I shall get involved in voluntary work . ’ |
| 24 | Yet it is not too hard to imagine how a computer parsing program might achieve some such effect : if we ask an English speaker how he does it , we may well get some reply like ‘ Well , I 'm simply looking for a sense of the word related to drinking , are n't I ? ’ |
| 25 | The results indicated overwhelmingly that people are nowadays looking for a colour that has the versatility of white , but which displays its own unique warmth and character . |
| 26 | In the series , for which Thames are currently looking for a buyer , Miss Ronay , pictured above , plays the part of a serving girl . |