Example sentences of "[pron] be [adv] look for " in BNC.
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| 1 | This time it was a police sergeant , and when Joe went upstairs the sergeant said : " I am looking for Wg Cdr Mahaddie , and I am also looking for one of my constables , " Joe foolishly replied : We might have a wing commander here but we do n't have your constable . " |
| 2 | Therefore I am now looking for a larger tank . |
| 3 | ‘ I am now looking for companies that want to add a new line to their range . ’ |
| 4 | Yet it is not too hard to imagine how a computer parsing program might achieve some such effect : if we ask an English speaker how he does it , we may well get some reply like ‘ Well , I 'm simply looking for a sense of the word related to drinking , are n't I ? ’ |
| 5 | Without thinking , I said , ‘ No thanks , I 'm just looking for a man . ’ |
| 6 | No , it 's okay er , just carry on cos I 'm just looking for a piece of paper to write it on . |
| 7 | That 's what I 'm just looking for , hang on . |
| 8 | I 'm just looking for the biographical summary Ellis has given me . |
| 9 | I 'm just looking for some old family … ’ |
| 10 | so I 'm just looking for er a T-shirt or something for Lisa no you ca n't have the pen it 's too sharp yeah , you 're crafty you are are n't you , you can get zips open now mm |
| 11 | I will , I 'm just looking for the |
| 12 | Erm , I 'm just looking for some with lycra because I like to be able to afford a bit more . |
| 13 | Yes , I 'm just looking for |
| 14 | what your doing , your just , she said I know I am she says I 'm nick picking , I 'm just looking for faults , I told you that today |
| 15 | I 'm here looking for someone . |
| 16 | I 'm always looking for the positive thing in any situation . |
| 17 | While I 'm on a journey I 'm always looking for cones and sometimes I 'm fortunate enough to be held up at traffic works . |
| 18 | ‘ No , I 'm really looking for the people who told my fortune at the Puck Fair , ’ I said . |
| 19 | Floating voters tend to say things like ‘ Of course , being in carpets , what I 'm really looking for from the parties is a firm pledge on European weaving quotas , ’ and they tend to sound like Hurd and look like Gummer . |
| 20 | I 'm really looking for something similar to the national parks article which appeared on page 19 of the last edition , written in an urgent , campaigning style . |
| 21 | What I 'm really looking for is er the option to take charge of my life myself . |
| 22 | yeah , you know quite hopeful so what I as I say what I 'm really looking for is I 've got a preference for older properties but you know try not to pin myself down to too much at the moment , I 've got about a hundred and thirty to spend so ideally I 'd like a cottage old style but I do need three bedrooms |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm only looking for a taxi . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ No , I 'm still looking for work . |
| 25 | ‘ Perhaps I 'm still looking for it . ’ |
| 26 | I 'm still looking for shoes and bag for the wedding . ’ |
| 27 | I 'm still looking for me broom . |
| 28 | But then I began to find it rather unsatisfying , so I 'm now looking for a job , either part-time or full time , but if that does n't work out , I shall get involved in voluntary work . ’ |
| 29 | That 's that 's it until I know or I know what I 'm actually looking for in it I can run around chasing me tail all day which |
| 30 | But I 'm sure that that was what I was somehow looking for . |