Example sentences of "years look for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He spent almost 10 years looking for a Scottish hotel near a large population centre , but found nowhere suitable . |
| 2 | Yet even on this issue we must be cautious : marriage was an irrevocable step ; though death almost as often and as rapidly parted married couples in the twelfth century as it does in the twentieth , a prince might well take careful thought before he threw the dice , just as , even then , a prudent man might spend many years looking for the woman of his choice . |
| 3 | Rather than rent a building , the company decided to build its own offices and then spent 18 months to two years looking for a suitable area . |
| 4 | ‘ Not in Europe , Jane , where I spent ten long years looking for an ideal . |
| 5 | I spent years looking for the answer , and what I found was somewhat unexpected . |
| 6 | It drifted the globe for just over two years looking for a port to discharge the ash , and even changed its name to the Pelicano in an attempt to escape detection . |