Example sentences of "looked for a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Possessed looked for a long time like losing its way , and Dostoevsky would surely concede that in so far as the design was , to use his own word , tendentious , this was bound to be so . |
| 2 | He looked for a long time , then said : ‘ I can see no one , but my eyes are old . |
| 3 | On reaching the top of the hill , Tess paused and looked for a long time at the familiar green world of home . |
| 4 | Tony Dobson put Portsmouth ahead early on and it looked for a long time as though that was going to be the only goal of the game . |
| 5 | The county council said all children with special needs were given an individual programme and the LEA looked for a wide range of experience when recruiting . |
| 6 | We also looked for a geographical spread of writers . |
| 7 | He looked for a middle path . |
| 8 | ‘ Our oil-fired central heating system was showing signs of age , so the National Trust 's adviser on Conservation Heating looked for a new system which would be efficient , cost effective and environmentally sound . |
| 9 | Uwe Otten , H.P. Lorenz and F. Busiger of the University of Basel and Hoffmann-La Roche looked for a possible connection with the protein nerve growth factor ( NGF ) . |
| 10 | I recalled those days at school and looked for a sympathetic response . |
| 11 | ‘ I looked for a single builder , because I wanted to work closely with someone while I was doing the ‘ unpicking ’ myself , ’ Timothy says . |
| 12 | Britain — after the traumas of the 1960s — looked for a modest space policy , low profile and low risk . |
| 13 | The reason for this seems to have been that Victorian British industrialists looked for a quick return , while the Germans were more prepared to take a long view . |
| 14 | Lt Tim Kelly , 45 , a specialist in mobile air operations , said : ‘ I looked for a little girl who had been injured by shrapnel so I could have her winched aboard . |
| 15 | I looked for a textured effect by taking the broad tips sideways over the paper surface . |
| 16 | In fact , Milton 's skipper , Paul Storey hacked the ball off his own line in twelve minutes as Bishops looked for an early goal . |