Example sentences of "look [adv prt] for [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | he wheedled , looking around for any likely victims . |
| 2 | He was just looking round for some quiet corner to put the case when faintly above the noise in the room he heard the doorbell ring . |
| 3 | Thus if , in a sample of 500 people , the quota of women aged between thirty and forty is twenty-two , the researcher will look out for twenty-two such women and , when they have been found and interviewed , that is the quota filled . |
| 4 | But the taxi had showed up on the dot , and she had stepped in , resolutely refusing to look back for one last glance at the house . |
| 5 | Where are we off to this morning then , so sunk in our own fantasies and imaginings that we can not be troubled to look out for vulnerable senior citizens , eh ? ’ |
| 6 | It is much more important to look out for those strong , peculiar , characteristic symptoms and any mental or general symptoms . |
| 7 | Ask your local beauty salon which treatments are available — look out for such well-known names such as Thalgo , Rene Guinot , Cathiodermie and Clarins . |
| 8 | Look out for two great new styling products from Sebastian , the range favoured by professionals nationwide . |
| 9 | Hostas are marvellous for both flowers and leaves , but look out for two lesser known veratrums . |
| 10 | So please look out for that endangered species — the lesser-paid landscape architect , who is not feathering his own nest but simply trying to occupy a niche in the food chain . |
| 11 | ‘ Do n't sign the Red Cross form — it 's bogus ’ , ‘ Look out for that little shit Elbing ’ and ‘ No bloody marge again ’ . |
| 12 | ‘ Look out for that little shit Elbing . ’ |
| 13 | Also look out for another southern red , Minervois Domaine Sainte Eulalie — again a classic wine of its type , packed with rich fruit and a good buy at £3.49 . |
| 14 | But look out for those exquisite confections that look like liquorice allsorts . |
| 15 | Stay cool with iced drinks this summer and for entertaining look out for this attractive recycled glassware from Montezumas . |
| 16 | Look out for some well-known local troubadours among the English faces on stage , as injustice is challenged through biting wit . |
| 17 | I looked around for this other speaker , this eminent historian who had been right in the middle of the action , this acute analyst who assembled with such thoroughness the material I too had worked on , who had packed it into enlightening and readable volumes . |
| 18 | Jane looked around for some other inhabitants . |
| 19 | I looked round for some small objects to work with . |