Example sentences of "he look for the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 He looked for the gamekeeper from the villa among the group of men in dark suits and flat caps who stood talking between the plastic flower stall and the van selling salted fish , but he was n't able to spot him .
2 He looked for the pole Star on nights so intensely black that you almost had to touch your limbs to make sure they were still there .
3 He looked for the time .
4 In Fleming 's time , most bacteriologists would simply have thrown the spoiled culture away , but he looked for the cause .
5 Then he arose in fear , and called for light , and it was brought him ; and he looked for the leper and could see nothing ; so he returned into the bed , leaving the light burning .
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