Example sentences of "they [be] looking [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | LABOUR Party branch members in Crook let it be known that they are looking for new blood to inject a little life and optimism into their ranks . |
| 2 | And they are looking for local sponsorship . |
| 3 | ‘ While people are cautious about a lot of developments in Europe , rightly so , and while they are looking for British advantage , rightly so , they realise it can not be done from the back of the class . |
| 4 | Iraq 's EC ambassador Zaid Haidar said : ‘ They are looking for military action to boost the re-election of Bush . ’ |
| 5 | They are looking for basic information : a bit of news , some traffic , some weather . |
| 6 | They are looking for bold leadership . |
| 7 | They are looking at some wire wool that has rusted . |
| 8 | I find myself looking over my shoulder to see what it is they 're looking at that way . |
| 9 | Yeah , but they 're looking at this tape and they 're saying cor they 're a bunch of fucking thickos are n't they ? |
| 10 | Well , I would suppose that the person they 're looking for is similar in character , but if they 're going to er if they 're looking for that person I think they 've just got to act normally , and it 's not a one-off thing , I think it 's built up over the years . |
| 11 | And while they 're looking for that direction , they are vulnerable . |
| 12 | They 're looking for one sort of nice house to sort of show them more or less . |
| 13 | Unix System Labs Inc reportedly had a meeting with SunSelect last week : thinking is they 're looking for some help speeding up their PC emulation . |
| 14 | So they 're looking for some money to finance a research fellow at the Hospital . |
| 15 | They 're looking for some purpose for it all and they ca n't find it . ’ |
| 16 | However erm one thing I think that 's got to be borne in mind and it picks up a point that erm Leeds have made , is that they 're looking towards trendy migration , they say . |
| 17 | They were looking into each other 's face and laughing as if , Agnes thought , they were alone . |
| 18 | They were looking into each other 's eyes with a tenderness that brought her a cruel , twisting anguish . |
| 19 | They were looking to each other now anxiously . |
| 20 | ‘ Darling , ’ Arabella had said , ‘ You know that PR firm I did some work for ? I was talking with their boss the other day , and he said they were looking for new blood … ’ |
| 21 | If they were looking for more cancer then surely the place to look was at the next vulnerable point ? |
| 22 | I felt they were looking for any excuse to start a fight . |
| 23 | They were looking at each other and touching each other in such a funny way . |
| 24 | They were looking at each other . |
| 25 | The men were in the same position , but now they were looking at each other . |