Example sentences of "looking [adv] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 certainly I think er we 'd be looking perhaps for a minimum of er er of one mile but I ca n't advise you on any level of agreement as to as to what any definition of it .
2 Fierce criticism of the mathematical model ( the Rasch model ) on which the testing programme was founded 1979 ) encouraged the DES to begin looking elsewhere for a thermometer to take the temperature of the education system ; the benchmarks mentioned earlier may be the new thermometer ( Chapter 4 considers these criticisms of the APU ) .
3 However , if Microsoft can neither be bothered to put the basic information in its literature , nor inform the people handling the upgrade , should I be looking elsewhere for an alternative ?
4 You seem to be looking outside for a solution .
5 Not an easy one by any stretch of the imagination but it 's one if you 're looking desperately for an equalizer you 'd be hoping to score from .
6 Often the local press are looking more for a photo opportunity than a story .
7 Looking back for the future
8 He went over to the window of the post-operation side-ward I was occupying alone and stood looking out for a while , then he turned and said , ‘ Something awful happened yesterday . ’
9 The role of a positive mental set , i.e. deliberately looking out for a panic attack as an opportunity to practice self-control techniques , rather than running away from it , supports the school of thought that views a panic attack as largely cognitive — behavioural in nature .
10 I can also keep alive inside me an awareness of the delicate balance , looking out for an opportunity to support independent initiative within whatever restrictions are imposed .
11 If she had n't been looking out for the signpost , she could easily have driven past without even realising it was there .
12 For my part , looking out for the future , I do not view the process with any misgivings .
13 In that state they became ‘ sylvan demons ’ , ‘ either falling into a deep slumber or looking around for a fight . ’
14 At the door which led back on to the landing he was looking around for a prop or a wedge to pin it open when he thought of the parcel that he 'd been hugging since the zoo .
15 He now firmly refutes suggestions that he is unhappy with the Yorkshire set-up and is looking around for a move to another county .
16 Of course , I 'll have to do an internship first , then a stint as a registrar before I can even think of looking around for a practice of my own . ’
17 Mr Gregory could be looking around for a job at the moment . ’
18 Cotterell nodded and started looking around for a piece of paper .
19 Up for re-election in 1952 , he was looking around for a cause that would be electorally popular , and found it in anti-communism .
20 Could she really have been reading that ? he wondered , looking around for the novel stuffed behind a cushion .
21 For many people it is a matter of looking around for the car they want and then frantically trying to arrange the finance , whilst the ‘ offer ’ still holds .
22 This is partly to get higher wages , but it is really so because jobs are run-of-the-mill and they are looking simply for a change of venue , a new setting , and new faces .
23 They stood looking about for a waiter and one said in a loud voice : ‘ How do we attract attention ? ’
24 I think that 's , that 's pretty consistent , probably with how bands are formed , actually , is n't it , its friends of friends , and somebody knows somebody else , and somebody 's looking round for a drummer , just happens that somebody mentions it to somebody else .
25 Clare jumped up wildly , looking round for a way to escape .
26 Charles kept looking round for the room 's occupant .
27 ‘ Philip has n't written a real play for four years , ’ Maud said , looking round for the waiter .
28 A chasm separates us from the other side and now we are looking round for the bridge . ’
29 ‘ Yes , ’ I said , looking round for the waitress to give us more coffee , ‘ I still hate vomit .
30 ‘ How about Communists in government ? ’ suggested a friend to Senator Joe McCarthy from Wisconsin , who was looking round for an issue to help get him re-elected .
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