Example sentences of "[pron] was looking [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes I was looking around for your dog |
| 2 | ‘ 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 . |
| 3 | Up for re-election in 1952 , he was looking around for a cause that would be electorally popular , and found it in anti-communism . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | He was looking not for a new policy for Britain , but for a political protege for himself , someone who would be more gracious and romantic than Chamberlain . |
| 6 | She knew perfectly well that he was not very interested in paintings and that he was looking only for a secluded place where he could kiss her . |