Example sentences of "[vb past] [be] looking for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he would ask a few questions , say he 'd been looking for a few hours . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'd been looking for a fairly young product which had a range of merchandise to allow a shop to stand on its own two feet . |
| 3 | If we 'd been looking for an easy acquaintance with nature , we would have chosen a different landscape : something lusher and more intricate , not this bleak and famished hillside on the Atlantic 's edge . |
| 4 | Equally the use of ebony seemed a good choice ; I 'd been looking for an excuse to make something in ebony for ages , anyway ! |
| 5 | ‘ Do you remember last year when your cousin Hamed was looking for a bride ? ’ |
| 6 | Obviously a tall , long-legged person will need a big horse ; I recently sold a 17.3hh gelding to a man of six foot eight who had been looking for a long time ! |
| 7 | He had been looking for a place to live . |
| 8 | If I had been looking for a lover — I admit my husband 's fortunes were not at their brightest , and my friendship with the Philosopher was a little turbulent at that time — then I should not have chosen Gustave . |
| 9 | The health authority had been looking for a site since 1989 but found difficulty in obtaining suitable premises in terms of locality , accessibility and size of ground floor accommodation . |
| 10 | I had been looking for a full-length piece to do anyway and I was also attracted to the idea of working with a ballet company . ’ |
| 11 | If Philip had been looking for a pale , sickly , ragged and possibly fettered prisoner , Harry would be a considerable shock to him . |
| 12 | The ruling Liberal Democratic Party had been looking for an excuse to reward its friends in the building industry for their financial support . |
| 13 | He was inclined to believe he had been looking for an excuse to ring her , which was foolish because he did not need an excuse . |
| 14 | You may lose some credibility with the clientele if you demolish him or her with a blitzkrieg attack only to find later that they had been looking for the nearest toilet ! |
| 15 | He had been looking for the Face of Death . |
| 16 | He had been looking for the omen Heather might have nerved herself to disregard . |
| 17 | She wondered whether Amy had been looking for the Julians or for her when she drove down the drive ? |