Example sentences of "they [was/were] looking for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tommy Drennan and Mr O'Donnell came next and they were looking for two to bring up the rear . |
| 2 | ‘ 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 … ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | They were looking for 4 men . |
| 5 | If they were looking for more cancer then surely the place to look was at the next vulnerable point ? |
| 6 | they have large pans , but even they were looking for some large pans ! |
| 7 | Police said they were looking for three young men in connection with the raid on Wednesday night . |
| 8 | I felt they were looking for any excuse to start a fight . |
| 9 | When the authentic medical researchers started to get involved , they were looking for dietary answers to serious illnesses prevalent in Western societies but extremely rare in many less sophisticated communities in the developing world . |
| 10 | The strongest signal of Moscow 's fury with the intransigent Romanian regime came when Pravda , the Communist Party daily newspaper , reported favourably on the demonstrators in Timisoara , saying that they were looking for rapid reforms in the country . |