Example sentences of "look [prep] [pers pn] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 've looked for you for hours , ’ he said , anxious , I thought , to prove I had n't been forgotten . |
| 2 | But you are going to be sorry to see that one go because you 've looked after her for so long . |
| 3 | Nobody had looked after her for years , he had been quite right about that . |
| 4 | His mother could not be traced , but the tiny corpse was recognised by a lady who had looked after him for some time , before she , as many others , had done before her , had innocently replied to Mrs Dyer 's advertisement , disguised by the nom de plume Mrs Thomas . |
| 5 | Oh yes , he ditched Graham who 's looked after him for over ten years through thick and thin , and mainly thin , in favour of Mike Martinez . ’ |
| 6 | That bastard Harley dumped me after I 'd looked after him for nearly ten years . |
| 7 | ‘ Let's hope so , ’ she said , and told them that her parents were furious because Josh , her grandmother 's lodger , had left all his money and possessions to Kate and not even mentioned her grandmother who had looked after him for years . |
| 8 | Ah yes I have looked after it for ever since it was new and er and it was the one that reopened the station after the boat 's lost here , but as I say you 've got to look forward and I think it 's a good idea to have a new boat here . |
| 9 | The president , in the modern age , is the key political actor and the public constantly looks to him for initiatives , services and solutions . |
| 10 | The world looks to them for decisive leadership on this issue , as on others " . |
| 11 | She looks at me for a bit , then she goes over to the drawer and takes out another envelope . |
| 12 | He looks at me for a second . |
| 13 | He looks at me for the first time . |
| 14 | She looks at them for a bit and then hands them over to me . |
| 15 | ‘ He stands and looks at them for a long time . |
| 16 | And he said , he said , he said it 's n he said , he goes to me , he looks at it for about five minutes and goes it 'll do , it 'll do . |
| 17 | Dierdriu had looked at her for a long moment . |
| 18 | She had looked at him for a long time , at first solemnly and then with mounting anger . |
| 19 | Matt 's been looking through it for us , I 've not had a chance to look at it yet . |
| 20 | No one would start looking for me for hours ; not until after dark . |
| 21 | We have been looking for her for three weeks . |
| 22 | ‘ We 've been looking for you for ages , ’ he said . |
| 23 | We 've been looking for you for some months . |
| 24 | ‘ I 've been looking for you for days , now , ’ he said . |
| 25 | I 've been looking for you for years , but I only knew the name that she used to call you — Prince Charming . |
| 26 | ‘ I 've been looking for you for years — Prince Charming . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I 've been beating the bushes looking for you for hours ! ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I 've been looking for it for years , but I 'm not in charge of promotion and the people senior to me in my department are some of the most brilliant minds in England , and elsewhere for that matter . ’ |
| 29 | You have been looking for it for eight years . |
| 30 | They do n't pay me much , but I 'm looking about me for a good opportunity . |