Example sentences of "looked [adv prt] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " I just looked in for a moment to see how you were getting on together . |
| 2 | Paddy looked down for a moment at Joey , who beamed up at him , ‘ We gon na play checkers , Paddy ? ’ he called out suddenly and laughed . |
| 3 | Blanche looked up for a moment to chew the implications of what she had just read when another alien sound impinged . |
| 4 | He looked back for a moment at the Minister 's procession stalled at the roadblock . |
| 5 | Mum drove the car into the huge car park and Stuart looked out for a parking space . |
| 6 | Kenne gulped , and looked around for a way out . |
| 7 | Ruth surveyed the freshly-turned earth and looked around for a flower she could place on the grave , but it was the last day of December and there was nothing in bloom . |
| 8 | He looked around for a cab . |
| 9 | In this climate , shrewd and sensitive individuals with an instinct for self-preservation looked around for a partner and pair-bonded . |
| 10 | She looked around for a tool , and found a soldier 's dropped bayonet . |
| 11 | Not long afterwards , watching , he saw them appear on the roof They looked around for a moment and then went down . |
| 12 | I looked around for a cup . |
| 13 | He looked around for an implement to use and although his eyes were by now accustomed to the gloom he could see nothing suitable . |
| 14 | Marx looked around for an ashtray , found one , and deliberately ground out his cigar-end . |
| 15 | He looked about for a thing to waft with , saw nothing satisfactory , scowled and said , ‘ I suppose I 'll have to find a fan of some sort . ’ |
| 16 | He looked round for a stick or prop which he could use to dislodge Yussuf . |
| 17 | There was no table set and she looked round for a sideboard that must house such things as cutlery . |
| 18 | Ruth looked round for a clock , but there was no clock in the room . |
| 19 | Both guards broke clear , looked round for a moment and then leapt up the bank into the wood . |
| 20 | He looked round for a weapon to fight with , but Fagin already had a heavy metal pot in his hand . |
| 21 | It looked round for an ally , and found one in the old hereditary enemy , Austria-Hungary . |