Example sentences of "[conj] he [be] looking for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He knows that he 's looking for a one-way result . |
| 2 | He says that he 's looking for birds preening or doing something which makes a good composition . |
| 3 | Well let me speak to my brother first but erm give Geoff a call , I know that he 's looking for something . |
| 4 | Erm those sites are subject to other lo locational restrictions and other environmental restrictions and would n't in our view be appropriate for the sort of development that he 's looking for erm a location in in our context anyway generally speaking along the A one corridor . |
| 5 | He indicates that he is looking for £150m.The defence division had appeared as a ‘ blot on our copy books ’ , he said — pre-tax profits at the business plunged to £1.5m from £13.2m , and turnover slipped to £425m from the £436.5m of a year ago . |
| 6 | Can anyone expect Mr. Kiechle to stand up and explain everything that he is looking for ? |
| 7 | Sooner or later the searcher will fail to find a registration that he is looking for . |
| 8 | Working as a pageboy in a club in St James 's in the 1930s , he mentioned to a member that he was looking for a better-paid job . |
| 9 | He 'd almost forgotten that he was looking for her . |
| 10 | He wished to know not simply that he was looking for something , but what it was and what it looked like . |
| 11 | Hershman says his movie is inspired by Jean-Luc Godard 's Breathless , and that he was looking for the new Jean-Paul Belmondo to play the lead . |
| 12 | It did n't seem that he was looking for her , since he immediately went up again . |
| 13 | And er he he was having a conference in , course with dropping out of the Labour Party , the Labour Party finished with him and did n't bother and anyw he he someone I do n't know who it was , it was n't him himself but someone told me that he was looking for somebody to organize this conference in , so I said , Well I I 'll do it . |
| 14 | The chief superintendent looked from one sheet to another and then back again , as if there were certain connections that he was looking for and was unable to find . |
| 15 | The kind of place that he was looking for was the second home , the petit-bourgeois country retreat which is usually sparsely and cheaply furnished and rarely occupied . |
| 16 | He found the house that he was looking for and went into a long , low room . |
| 17 | He is flipping useless and it is time that he was looking for another job . |
| 18 | Guido explained what he 'd told Agnese earlier , that he was looking for Jeff and Silvia . |
| 19 | Have you found this chair that he was looking for in that ? |
| 20 | ‘ And he is looking for drugs ? ’ |
| 21 | You 're in the nearside lane and you 're going uphill and er you 're trunking away quite nicely , you see a guy coming down in the fast lane , down the hill getting a bit of a roll on , fully laden , and he gets halfway up the hill , he runs out of steam and he 's looking for a hole to get into . |
| 22 | Some feedback now Jeff said okay he 's done this course before and he 's looking for feedback to see the level of his competence at this point , but everybody er I 'm sure you will agree by the end of tomorrow will have got feedback . |
| 23 | The wild bohemianism of the life at Kisling 's was stimulating and hectic but a drain on Modigliani 's limited energy and he was looking for a change in his life . |
| 24 | I met the promoter at a party and he was looking for an opening act and I said that I had this dance band which would be a perfect opener for Gary Glitter and he took us on . |
| 25 | The local cop was called and he was looking for Howie . ’ |
| 26 | He had a small touring company which had just suffered a couple of deaths in a carriage accident , and he was looking for two versatile and experienced ( yes ! ) players . |
| 27 | Jackie he was he was looking he was for something and he was looking for something in a hurry and I could n't find out I like T-shirts in one pile sweat shirts in another pullovers in another jeans in another but they were all sort of |
| 28 | I do n't know if he 's looking for trouble and of course that er would undermine er what public er relations and everything and we do n't want that . |
| 29 | He do n't put any of his clothes away and if he 's looking for anything it 's all fling out of drawers and on the floor , he do n't care . |
| 30 | He assessed her as if he was looking for flaws in a jewel . |