Example sentences of "they were [adv] look for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Police said they were not looking for anyone else in connection with the deaths . |
| 2 | By now certain that Meehan and Griffiths were the murderers of Mrs Ross , the Crown Office in Edinburgh issued a statement that with Griffiths 's death and Meehan 's arrest , they were not looking for any other suspects in connection with the Ayr murder — thus , said Nicky , prejudging the very issue that was to come to trial . |
| 3 | Police said they were not looking for anyone else in connection with the discovery . |
| 4 | Police investigating the cause of a suspicious house fire in which a 33-year-old man died said yesterday ( Wed ) they were not looking for anyone else in connection with the incident . |
| 5 | They were n't looking for you , they were looking for cocaine . |
| 6 | ‘ They were n't looking for a weapon . |
| 7 | Yeah , I got the impression when the TV commentators were going on about the Turks being in Europe for the last 10 years they were just looking for some excuse to explain th scum 's ineptitude . |
| 8 | The chairman , Martin Jay , told me they were always looking for new ideas to raise money but they want to keep it an event for the family , a rural event based on the race . |
| 9 | They were always looking for some cowardly advantage . |
| 10 | And management at the Trawsfynydd power station made it clear yesterday that they were still looking for up to 50 voluntary redundancies at the station this year . |
| 11 | Agency director Michael McCarren said they were still looking for youngsters to cast in London shows . |