Example sentences of "[adv] looking for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh , God help him , poor gentleman , ’ Kate laughed , pleased at male incompetence , ‘ he was only looking for the oven when I got in . |
| 2 | Shrewsbury stood around there , apparently looking for the offside and in the end it was an awful effort at goal . |
| 3 | erm Darwin says in the origin , and I 'm sorry I ca n't read it to you , but I was desperately looking for the quotation in the origin before I can and I could n't find it but I assure you it 's there erm in which he remarks that in all probability the periods of time during which species are not changing is probably very large compared with those periods when change is taking place . |
| 4 | It was given to delay the police operation to find the bomb and officers were half a mile away looking for the bomb at the Stock Exchange . ’ |
| 5 | You , you just looking for the excuse |
| 6 | Because if you read the motion she is just looking for the rights of an individual and rule , rule six in the rule book applies the laws of natural justice , which we 're all for , the C E C agree , we 're all for it . |
| 7 | , just looking for the grapes |
| 8 | On the other hand the newer full-time farmers , with large loans to repay , as well as many of the part-time farmers , were initially just looking for the farm to pay its way . |
| 9 | ‘ But not always looking for the artist , ’ she said . |
| 10 | We are always looking for the revolutions in music , people like Prince or Jimi Hendrix . |
| 11 | He was always looking for the beginning of something , and he had the energy of someone starting their career . |
| 12 | He was always looking for the catch . |
| 13 | ‘ And we are still looking for the child who should have been in the premises , but was n't . |
| 14 | For example , Citicorp Scrimgeour Vickers is still looking for the index to end the year between 2,300 and 2,400 . |
| 15 | He was still looking for the end of the war and the land fit for heroes to live in . |
| 16 | Hence it comes , tottering on to the screen , like a faded rock star — still swinging after all these years , still looking for the party . |
| 17 | And are you still looking for the thing where you go and buy and you give a fiver and it 's worth |
| 18 | Detectives in Cheltenham , who 're still looking for the milkman 's attackers , say they understand his decision . |
| 19 | Detectives in Cheltenham , who 're still looking for the milkman 's attackers , say they understand his decision . |
| 20 | Kersey asked : ‘ Are we still looking for the killer of Matthew Glynn ? ’ |
| 21 | They 're still looking for the murder weapon , believed to be a tyre lever . |
| 22 | ‘ No , I 'm really looking for the people who told my fortune at the Puck Fair , ’ I said . |
| 23 | Now looking for the future , is there an opportunity on the shop front , for further growth ? |
| 24 | So instead of immediately looking for the weakness in a woman , I will look for the strength and I will discount the fact that she might have a great body or be simply beautiful . |
| 25 | Erm obviously the er and as Alan 's asked us few weeks ago , permission to explore maybe looking for the finances , if and when it became the situation . |
| 26 | Continuing our exploration we went northward looking for the Tunnel Cave . |
| 27 | For many people there is a temptation to sift through the urgent and important in-trays again looking for the work which they know they can deal with quickly and easily . |