Example sentences of "look [adv prt] [adv] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I mean I 've looked round here for a pair of blinking shoes , the only trouble here er had over here is that I 've got to go somewhere where they 're wide enough and that 's |
| 2 | Looking around then for a non-union post he succeeded in getting an appointment to the Script Department at Ealing Studios , a complex famous the world over for its comedies . |
| 3 | I look in occasionally for a drink and a chat though he 's getting more and more difficult to talk to . |
| 4 | They looked up incuriously for a moment , then went back to their talk . |
| 5 | Cotterell looked up blankly for a moment , and then Carson and his wallet slid into a niche in the young man 's mind and he smiled . |
| 6 | Rincewind looked around desperately for a boat , or a handhold up the sheer walls on either side of him . |
| 7 | Masklin looked around automatically for a weapon . |
| 8 | Rincewind looked around nervously for a tall figure in black ( wizards , even failed wizards , have in addition to rods and cones in their eyeballs the tiny octagons that enable them to see into the far octarine , the basic colour of which all other colours are merely pale shadows impinging on normal four-dimensional space . |
| 9 | I ran into the kitchen and looked about wildly for a knife . |
| 10 | Pascoe looked round hopelessly for a pen and paper , then memorized the information Thomas gave him — a room number and an address close to the edge of Zone Two . |
| 11 | Joe looked round desperately for a place to put his hat , and finally laid it lovingly on a shelf . |