Example sentences of "looked for the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | HE LOOKED for the second picture , found it in one glance , and the blood shot hot to his heart . |
| 2 | I looked for the first time straight into his moonlit eyes , and I saw Perkin the son , the husband , the one who worked with wood . |
| 3 | While there , he looked for the first time through papers which his father , Herbert Cranko , had left : two notebooks and a number of typescripts . |
| 4 | Harry looked for the first time at the cheque where it lay beside him , flattened by the base of the lamp . |
| 5 | Throwing back his head , he looked for the last time at the cloud-torn sky , and begged the Lord to watch over them and keep them safe ; and then he was gone , and all that remained was the surging waves and the cold , white crests of foam . |
| 6 | She looked for the last time . |