Example sentences of "looking [adv prt] for [art] [noun] " 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 | As the sky lightened even more and they began to make out their surroundings more clearly , Fenella and Caspar both found themselves looking out for the signs that Floy had hoped to leave . |
| 6 | If she had n't been looking out for the signpost , she could easily have driven past without even realising it was there . |
| 7 | Of course , Preston did not spend all his time looking out for the holes . |
| 8 | Jack fell quickly into the routine of looking out for the absurdities in his father 's speech to put into a P'dayta-Pie for Warnie ; but he had no heart for it . |
| 9 | For my part , looking out for the future , I do not view the process with any misgivings . |
| 10 | In that state they became ‘ sylvan demons ’ , ‘ either falling into a deep slumber or looking around for a fight . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | He now firmly refutes suggestions that he is unhappy with the Yorkshire set-up and is looking around for a move to another county . |
| 13 | 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 . ’ |
| 14 | Mr Gregory could be looking around for a job at the moment . ’ |
| 15 | Cotterell nodded and started looking around for a piece of paper . |
| 16 | Up for re-election in 1952 , he was looking around for a cause that would be electorally popular , and found it in anti-communism . |
| 17 | Could she really have been reading that ? he wondered , looking around for the novel stuffed behind a cushion . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | They stood looking about for a waiter and one said in a loud voice : ‘ How do we attract attention ? ’ |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Clare jumped up wildly , looking round for a way to escape . |
| 22 | Charles kept looking round for the room 's occupant . |
| 23 | ‘ Philip has n't written a real play for four years , ’ Maud said , looking round for the waiter . |
| 24 | A chasm separates us from the other side and now we are looking round for the bridge . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Yes , ’ I said , looking round for the waitress to give us more coffee , ‘ I still hate vomit . |
| 26 | ‘ 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 . |