Example sentences of "say [pers pn] [be] looking for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cos say I was looking for angles and that would 've just been fifty up here would n't it . |
| 2 | and then we started speaking to this chap and say we were looking for this place where the erm , they sell all this food and so on , what 's the name of the place , he said oh he says it 's finished , so he said you know where the er , we said er where 's somewhere good you know to , to go and have a nice sleep , and he told us about that place up the mountain where we went , where we all went the last time |
| 3 | Right if we were looking for a fifteenth , say we were looking for a fifteenth what would make |
| 4 | They say they are looking for ‘ a more just society ’ . |
| 5 | the japanese say they are looking for the instructions they can work a solar car but ca n't put up a tent for eats … its what you fancy … at night its noodles … come daybreak its what 's left … |
| 6 | They say he was looking for evidence of natura naturans ‘ all-creating nature ’ , rather than natura naturata , ‘ the made world ’ ; in certain seventeenth- and eighteenth-century writing of unimpeachable orthodoxy reference is made to anima mundi , a spirit pervading the world and supplying the continuing presence of God . |
| 7 | And then as we was coming home from Pete 's , a chap stopped us and asked us where was so I told him where was he said I 'm looking for a little black and white house I said it 's right there look ! |
| 8 | She says we are looking for people who can pull a crowd as well as have a bit of fun . |
| 9 | And then you get lots of other unwelcome knocks on the door — one man who says he 's looking for number 11 , another who says he 's a taxi-driver who 's come to the wrong house — and he probably is but his timing is enough to make you rush about panicking and locking the place up like Fort Knox . |
| 10 | The Divisional Officer for the N U R , covering Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire , Phil McGarry says he 's looking for a fair deal : |
| 11 | Mr Gatoff says he is looking for offers in the region of £15m . |
| 12 | Bethpage , New York-based defence electronics and aircraft manufacturer Grumman Corp says it is looking for an acquisition in the electronics , systems integration , or data systems areas — but it must be the right fit at the right price and the company ‘ wo n't force it . ’ |
| 13 | Chairman Murray had said he was looking for an apology from Crosby over rumours linking the Sunderland boss in a reunion with former manager Denis Smith at Bristol City . |
| 14 | Well , he said he was a writer , and I said I was looking for plays to invest in and why did n't he write one about his friend , and a couple of months later he 'd written something pretty splendid , had n't he ? |
| 15 | ‘ You said you were looking for me . ’ |
| 16 | Mind you , I mean , we got no whisky anyway so I said she 's looking for somebody who erm drinks at erm a spot of whisky . |
| 17 | She concentrated on the one with the trousers and said she was looking for George . |
| 18 | Well they asked for you , and your name , and I said no you were n't in , and then said we 're looking for Joanne . |
| 19 | They bought out , this company have bought out a new tile and he said they 're looking for a sort of nice house to have as a sort of a show house and then he thinks he 'll get them for nothing . |
| 20 | They said they were looking for me and I had to go with them back to the convent . ’ |
| 21 | FEDERAL officials yesterday made one arrest in their search for the bombers of the World Trade Centre in New York and authorities said they were looking for other suspects . |
| 22 | The testers presented themselves at factory gates , the minority one first and the other about half an hour later , and said they were looking for work . |
| 23 | ‘ Darling , ’ Arabella had said , ‘ You know that PR firm I did some work for ? I was talking with their boss the other day , and he said they were looking for new blood … ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Those burglars he sent — you said they were looking for something . |
| 25 | Judges said they were looking for a pleasing colour , a sharp flavour and a good fruity smell . |
| 26 | Police said they were looking for three young men in connection with the raid on Wednesday night . |
| 27 | George Underwood : ‘ When you leave school , you have to queue up and see a career 's officer and I remember I was standing right behind David in the queue and asked him what sort of job he was going to say he was looking for . |
| 28 | On arrival , however , Mr Cristiani said he was looking for reconciliation and wanted a ceasefire in El Salvador . |
| 29 | On arrival , however , Mr Cristiani said he was looking for reconciliation and wanted a ceasefire in El Salvador . |
| 30 | Finally he took me in to his office and said he was looking for Girls to work at the Winter Gardens , Blackpool . |