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 .
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