Example sentences of "look [prep] [pron] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She looks at me for a bit , then she goes over to the drawer and takes out another envelope . |
| 2 | He looks at me for a second . |
| 3 | He looks at me for the first time . |
| 4 | She looks at them for a bit and then hands them over to me . |
| 5 | ‘ He stands and looks at them for a long time . |
| 6 | Dierdriu had looked at her for a long moment . |
| 7 | She had looked at him for a long time , at first solemnly and then with mounting anger . |
| 8 | looking for one for the |
| 9 | He says we 've had wide and varied enquiries — especially from London-based purchasers looking for something for the weekend — something he can tell his friends ’ Well actually I live in a turreted folly in the Cotswolds ! ’ … |
| 10 | " She looking for someone for a job ? " |
| 11 | So far , I have a car driver and a motor cyclist and I 'm looking for someone for the bus and train , and possibly taxi . |
| 12 | They do n't pay me much , but I 'm looking about me for a good opportunity . |
| 13 | ‘ Bring a horse , ’ said Hotspur , rearing up fiercely and looking about him for the nearest serviceable squire , ‘ and get him on to it . |
| 14 | mother you do not have to stay there , why , I mean he 's quite capable looking after himself for a weekend , you know my father had a series of stroke 's when he was in his fifties |
| 15 | Theda stood looking after them for a moment , aware of her own burning curiosity . |
| 16 | She stood looking after him for a moment ; then she dropped on to an upturned box , and bending her head into the folds of flesh under her chin , she asked of herself why she had to do this . |
| 17 | Having delivered Eliot to those who were looking after him for the night , we walked back to our colleges discussing the evening , with the ardour of youth which included that most interesting of contests , the comparison of recollections . |
| 18 | ‘ My dear , your real mother has been looking after you for the past twenty years , ’ said Miss Rose sharply . |
| 19 | But if you 're looking to me for a list of who really makes which strings , I 've found that asking straight questions does n't always get you straight answers . |
| 20 | Mr Hurd needs no minders , but the 60 Tory MPs who declined to support Mrs Thatcher for leader last week , plus MEPs , this week 's Lords report and many industrialists will be looking to him for a more emollient performance in difficult circumstances . |
| 21 | Mr Hurd needs no minders , but the 60 Tory MPs who declined to support Mrs Thatcher for leader last week , plus MEPs , this week 's Lords report and many industrialists will be looking to him for a more emollient performance in difficult circumstances . |
| 22 | However anyone looking to it for an explanation of how women have come to be excluded so completely from the control of machines , or even for a theoretical framework within which to pose such a question , is in for a disappointment . |
| 23 | When , a minute later , he pulled on the handle of the iron bell and it clanged loudly , the door of a small house just beyond the gates opened and a man appeared and stood looking at them for a moment before speaking . |
| 24 | The young man sat looking at him for a moment , then raised his eyebrows , sat forward and took up his pen once more . |
| 25 | He was just about to shrug off the question with ‘ I du n no ’ when he noticed that George and the twins were looking at him for an answer . |
| 26 | Her eyes flew upward , looking at him for the first time . |
| 27 | Suddenly , looking at me for the first time , ‘ Tell me , ’ she said , ‘ oh , tell me — what are you in ? ’ |
| 28 | He stood within the doorway looking at her for a moment . |
| 29 | As she turned to wait for me at the end of the path , I felt I was looking at her for the first time : her face paler than her arms , a blonde shadow on her upper lip , no lipstick . |
| 30 | Mouse took its head in his hands and met its eyes , looking at it for a long moment . |