Example sentences of "looked [prep] [pron] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ A lot of people looked for you for a long time . |
| 2 | Oh , indeed so , erm our domestic life is extraordinarily complicated but when , after my maternity leave expired and when I 'd finished having time off and breast feeding the baby , he in fact looked after her for a term in Cambridge and I came back to Sussex and taught during the week and went back to my daughter and husband at weekends , and now he 's actually taking leave in his turn , if you like , so that he can be the back-up here while I teach and do my work this year . |
| 3 | The probation found a little stray dog called Benjy for me and I looked after him for a little while , but my money kept on going down and down and down . |
| 4 | I looked after him for a few days before he died . ’ |
| 5 | My sister looked after me for a week . |
| 6 | Three who suffered particularly at the time were Richard and Phoebe Winch who lived just below the Centre and in whose house I often took my evening glass of ‘ allowed ’ claret , and Ann Willson who looked after me for the Saturday and Sunday . |
| 7 | He did so partly in order that those who looked to him for a lead would have no doubts about where he stood . |
| 8 | She looked to him for a lead and he gave it to her . |
| 9 | ‘ She 's gone to Sam 's party , ’ said Scarlet , hastily , applying the brush to her hair and wondering why it made you feel so odd if you looked at yourself for a long while in the glass . |
| 10 | Evelyn looked at her for a long moment . |
| 11 | He looked at her for a moment . |
| 12 | He looked at her for a moment as if seeing her for the first time then paused , giving the question serious thought . |
| 13 | Leo looked at her for a moment . |
| 14 | He looked at her for a long moment , puffing on his seisha , then spoke for the first time . |
| 15 | Bill looked at her for a moment . |
| 16 | Alina looked at her for a while . |
| 17 | Both of them looked at her for a second , then continued their hushed conversation . |
| 18 | Langton looked at her for a moment , then reached into his desk . |
| 19 | He looked at her for a minute , then he looked away , over her head , at the front of the court . |
| 20 | Simone looked at her for a moment . |
| 21 | Simone looked at her for a while , then she said , ‘ Now , about next Wednesday . |
| 22 | He looked at her for a long , silent moment , and Merrill dragged her gaze away with difficulty , maddened by her erratic heartbeat . |
| 23 | He stood and looked at her for a moment longer , his eyes running over her scathingly , taking in the beautiful , angry face , the wide and annoyed grey eyes and the tall , slender figure concealed in such efficient garments . |
| 24 | He stood and looked at her for a moment , hands on hips , jaw set . |
| 25 | Mr Braybrooke looked at her for a long moment . |
| 26 | He looked at her for a long moment , and then he walked slowly towards her . |
| 27 | He looked at her for a long moment , and then he reached out and slid his hand under her hair , around the nape of her neck . |
| 28 | He looked at her for a moment , and a white smile brightened his suntanned face . |
| 29 | He looked at her for a moment , then decided . |
| 30 | He looked at her for the first time with real unease . |