Example sentences of "[noun sg] looked for [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Bessey was sceptical of the whole approach as little more than revived natural history , and , in order to convince him that scientific ecology was possible , Clements and Pound looked for a method of quantifying their studies .
2 The sixteenth-century writers who condemned depopulation looked for a depopulator , and found him in the enclosing landlord , who found that stock , -rearing was more profitable than corn-growing .
3 The driver looked for a sign , and found :
4 Once they had filled the trolley and checked off everything on their list Stuart and his Mum looked for a checkout that was n't busy .
5 The Doctor looked for a moment as if he might continue to argue the point , but seemed to relax , and turned to Ace .
6 Much later , after the funeral , Billy 's mother looked for the letter that Auntie had written to the pension people .
7 In other words , where yesterday 's historian looked for the history of an oppressed working class , today 's historian looks for marginalized groups , and those who have transgressed social norms .
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