Example sentences of "look for a [adj] time " in BNC.
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1 | At night the harbour lights up and the atmosphere becomes electric as the streets of Aghios Nikolaos fill up with people looking for a good time in the restaurants , bars and discos . |
2 | Sailors from off the boats would be looking for a good time and public bars would resound to the sound of many voices . |
3 | She wondered how many were selling information , and how many were dupes looking for a good time . |
4 | But I do n't expect you to believe I was simply looking for a good time . |
5 | And party-goers who 're looking for a good time are being warned they 'll find nothing but trouble at illegal raves . |
6 | Obviously a tall , long-legged person will need a big horse ; I recently sold a 17.3hh gelding to a man of six foot eight who had been looking for a long time ! |
7 | The Possessed looked for a long time like losing its way , and Dostoevsky would surely concede that in so far as the design was , to use his own word , tendentious , this was bound to be so . |
8 | He looked for a long time , then said : ‘ I can see no one , but my eyes are old . |
9 | On reaching the top of the hill , Tess paused and looked for a long time at the familiar green world of home . |
10 | Tony Dobson put Portsmouth ahead early on and it looked for a long time as though that was going to be the only goal of the game . |