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

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1 Looking back for the future
2 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 . ’
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 If she had n't been looking out for the signpost , she could easily have driven past without even realising it was there .
6 For my part , looking out for the future , I do not view the process with any misgivings .
7 In that state they became ‘ sylvan demons ’ , ‘ either falling into a deep slumber or looking around for a fight . ’
8 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 .
9 He now firmly refutes suggestions that he is unhappy with the Yorkshire set-up and is looking around for a move to another county .
10 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 . ’
11 Mr Gregory could be looking around for a job at the moment . ’
12 Cotterell nodded and started looking around for a piece of paper .
13 Up for re-election in 1952 , he was looking around for a cause that would be electorally popular , and found it in anti-communism .
14 Could she really have been reading that ? he wondered , looking around for the novel stuffed behind a cushion .
15 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 .
16 They stood looking about for a waiter and one said in a loud voice : ‘ How do we attract attention ? ’
17 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 .
18 Clare jumped up wildly , looking round for a way to escape .
19 Charles kept looking round for the room 's occupant .
20 ‘ Philip has n't written a real play for four years , ’ Maud said , looking round for the waiter .
21 A chasm separates us from the other side and now we are looking round for the bridge . ’
22 ‘ Yes , ’ I said , looking round for the waitress to give us more coffee , ‘ I still hate vomit .
23 ‘ 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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