Example sentences of "look for [adj] [noun sg] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | that , we went up there as in actual fact we were looking for certain place when er the postcard we had was n't it , was n't the cows given us trouble and we went |
| 2 | Some women did not register because they were discouraged from looking for paid work because of the poor state of the economy . |
| 3 | PC Andrew Ness , of Tayside Police , told how he had been on the road block looking for another vehicle when a white Cavalier had burst through . |
| 4 | In the second half Leeds came roaring back , possibly looking for another replay because Chapman scored for the Yorkshire side after sixty nine minutes , but Arsenal held firm and they visit Shrewsbury in round five . |
| 5 | He moved along the hedge , feeling the breeze from the south and looking for some spot where he could sit and scent it without too much risk . |
| 6 | But the last thing a 12-string requires is a set of Velvet Brick humbuckers , and the kind of player who 'd want a 6-string like the Teardrop will probably be looking for more twang than thrang , and so the same applies . |
| 7 | Decorate the room with a treasure chest , and the children all look for hidden treasure when they arrive . |
| 8 | One woman explained that before she was married , she would be sent into the capital city " to look for domestic work when the harvest had been poor or some additional expense , such as medicine or a funeral , had to be covered . |
| 9 | Dicke and Peebles were preparing to look for this radiation when Penzias and Wilson heard about their work and realized that they had already found it . |
| 10 | Certainly , he never looked for one moment as though there were a dose of castor oil beneath his nose . |
| 11 | The relatively less developed southern members , e.g. Portugal , Spain and Greece , looked for some compensation if they were to face the rigours of a more competitive European marketplace . |