Example sentences of "look [adv prt] for [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 He stood looking down for some time .
2 On reflection , he rather regrets that they were n't looking out for each other .
3 he must be maybe he 's looking out for more work , I admire
4 ‘ So , I started looking around for another job and heard that Mike Martinez , the agent , was looking for someone to do some secretarial work and some negotiating , and that he preferred English girls for such work .
5 You must look out for that reaction .
6 Salespeople should therefore look out for such buying signals and respond accordingly .
7 Although the band formed just three years ago , Take That behave like brothers , and they really do look out for each other .
8 ‘ Us night people got ta look out for each other . ’
9 Course I immediately darted back in the house and told me dad and well , and er he says er , you can look out for some trouble then now like , you know and er , nothing happened .
10 She says in the old days women used to look out for each other 's children .
11 We had undertaken to collect birds and mammals for the Natural History Museum in London and we soon collected several specimens of blue-winged goose near the Sandfords ' farm ; the museum authorities had asked us specially to look out for this bird since they only had one specimen , collected in 1868 during Napier 's Magdala expedition .
12 Another good show to look out for this month is the Afro Hair & Beauty exhibition which this year celebrates its 10th Anniversary .
13 Catch the ‘ complete sceptic ’ in any situation where exclamations like ‘ Look out for that car ! ’ or ‘ Your slip is showing ! ’ or ‘ Your fly is undone ! ’ are appropriate .
14 And look out for more news concerning the dedicated vintage section of the show , which promises to showcase a multitude of lustworthy collectables for the delectation of the curious and the cognoscenti .
15 On the way up , look out for several wood ant nests .
16 Look out for this symbol .
17 ‘ Here he comes , look out for this guy . ’
18 If you look around for some field that has yet to be used in a crime story and then insist on using it when it has not filled you with enthusiasm , your book will be leaden .
19 Outside in the concourse he looked through for any mention of the events at the clinic , but there was nothing .
20 He looked around for some measure of comparison .
21 So , being a nosey bugger , which I am , I went into David 's room and looked around for some evidence of what actually might have happened that weekend because I was completely stunned .
22 She switched on the shower and tested the water , then looked round for some shampoo to wash the rest of the snarls from her hair .
23 Holmes looked round for another taxi , but could not see one .
24 And when they died and the fleas had finished feasting on their blood , which was by then putrid and crawling with the bacilli , the fleas looked round for another host , and if they could not find another rat , or any small hairy creature to their liking , they settled for the next best thing , which was usually human .
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