Example sentences of "was looking for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | yes it 's Chernobyl , he was looking for the real word there , a nuclear what ? |
| 2 | I was looking for the perfect book and I found it . ’ |
| 3 | Hershman says his movie is inspired by Jean-Luc Godard 's Breathless , and that he was looking for the new Jean-Paul Belmondo to play the lead . |
| 4 | In this case , though , is n't it more likely that Joanna was looking for the same 15 minutes of fame achieved by Australian nightclub singer Fairlie Arrow a year ago ? |
| 5 | I was looking for the same thing yesterday ! |
| 6 | I was looking for the twenty-five pounds . |
| 7 | Because that 's detail really , er , I was looking for the main parts . |