Example sentences of "we look for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well when we say anything to a child , we look for a response . |
| 2 | And now , as the sentences are somewhere , we look for a place for the thought … |
| 3 | Amongst the great majority , the faith of earlier centuries persisted , at least outwardly ; indeed , if we look for a movement of thought and feeling that by the end of the century had penetrated into every class of society except the highest , we shall find it in the revival of ‘ vital religion ’ , or ‘ enthusiasm ’ , as it was also called . |
| 4 | We look for a hand to hold , a shoulder to weep on , another body to cling to — anything that will reassure us that we are not alone , abandoned and helpless in the face of forces we do not understand . |
| 5 | With a problem we look for a solution . |
| 6 | In the main we we look for an average between sixteen to twenty pages |