Example sentences of "[verb] and look for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I spend days walking and looking for compositions . |
| 2 | People are anyway going to try and look for , lo look for explanations , and it may be that , you know , in fifty or a hundred years ' time , peoples insight into , into Freud 's findings are different . |
| 3 | However , if you take characters like Lysander and Demetrius in A Midsummer-Night 's Dream , it 's obvious , even to me , that it would be ridiculous to try and look for complex psychology and motivation in them , you know . |
| 4 | However , if you take characters like Lysander and Demetrius in A Midsummer Night 's Dream , it 's obvious , even to me , that it would be ridiculous to try and look for complex psychology and motivation in them . |
| 5 | The city at night intimidated me : the piss-heads , bums , derelicts and dealers shouted and looked for fights . |
| 6 | He urged Theo to come and look for himself . |
| 7 | After a while the other riders do n't even bother to come and look for you . |
| 8 | The government 's aim has always been to attract foreign investment ; only its tactics have changed as the tiny city-state ( 639 sq km ) matures and looks for more sophisticated investors to help it achieve the longed-for ‘ developed nation ’ status by 2030 . |
| 9 | You should wait and look for other improvements to follow . |
| 10 | We might as well explore and look for clues . |
| 11 | It strikes me that Glamorgan have left themselves with another internal problem they could have done without now they are rebuilding and looking for stability after those years of committee trauma and musical chairs among the skippers . |
| 12 | We will carry out pilot projects for the ‘ foyer ’ concept , whereby young people are given a place in a hostel if in exchange they give a commitment to train and look for work . |
| 13 | Listening to tapes of bird calls will help you identify unseen birds too and help direct you to the best place to stand and look for them . |
| 14 | We could take this illustration too far — but I would like you to look upon yourselves as conductors , setting the tempo of the class , listening and looking for every discordant note — and for every good one — helping by encouragement — and asking questions , for instance " Are you working as hard as you could ? " |
| 15 | And then you wait and look for the post every single day . |
| 16 | Perhaps the shopkeeper should have a panic button under the counter to press during such a confrontation , and while humouring the shopper by pretending to go and look for some grey ones , stout men could rush in and restrain the customer before he can make it to his Access card . |
| 17 | After two more appearances , during which you are inconveniently looking the wrong way , you decide to go and look for the ghost . |
| 18 | You want to go and look for him ? " |
| 19 | And you 'd got to go and look for work . |
| 20 | Would you like to go and look for the ring dear ? |
| 21 | Is there a tendency for you as a journalist , though , to go and look for information in other sources if you possibly can , to do |
| 22 | The er directive of December nineteen ninety three did have details that we were not expecting and looking for so there was a great deal of new work to take on board . |
| 23 | a bit more resigned , there 's another , there 's another sort of erm possibility , I mean if they sold their house quickly of course then , you know they 'd come down here obviously and they 'd try and look for something , but it 's not likely that they 'd sell their house that quickly |
| 24 | They arranged to separate and look for Mould and Mcduff to help them . |
| 25 | I do n't feel up to coming and looking for you and it 's quite worrying alone up here when one ca n't move around . |
| 26 | As for the muggers who injure first and rob later , there is only one thing you can do : keep your eyes open , be aware of people around you , know what they are doing and look for likely ambush spots . |
| 27 | Compare it with other theories , try and look for the limitations of it . |
| 28 | ‘ I ‘ d better go and look for him , ’ he said . |
| 29 | Should n't you go and look for her — ? ’ |
| 30 | " I think perhaps I 'll go and look for him when we 've carried this next lot . |