Example sentences of "looking for " in BNC.
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| 31 | I would like to let the lady looking for standard gooseberry plants ( Question Time , June ) know how I obtained mine . |
| 32 | We 're looking for ten volunteers to take part , each of whom will be sent five plants of each of the eight varieties to grow . |
| 33 | If you 're looking for another daisy-flowered perennial to form the perfect contrast with Aster x frikartii ‘ Mönch ’ I could recommend no better plant than Rudbeckia fulgida deamii . |
| 34 | Occasionally birds disturb mulches while looking for food |
| 35 | Perhaps the work-load is high at the time , looking at the map and the ground for possible clues as to where they are , looking for signs of possible lift to climb in , together with all the other little worries involved in a field landing . |
| 36 | Make a point of looking for the lay of the surrounding countryside . |
| 37 | She 'd never let go of him , either , even when their affair was over , and he was tramping the globe looking for Nirvana . |
| 38 | Jay gags , this is where love has brought me , rooting through the bins like a vagrant , looking for a sheet of high-gloss photographic paper and a bad profile shot of Lucy smaller than a postage stamp . |
| 39 | Instinctively the two men were looking for faces that they knew — Mary McCulloch and her friends , big Mary as tall as a man , red-haired Flora . |
| 40 | In a spasm of irritation he pulled a cloak over his nightshirt , took down a pistol from the wall , and went downstairs into the chilly , stone-smelling darkness of the ground floor , looking for servants . |
| 41 | He is off on a stravaig past Atholl , looking for cheap horses . |
| 42 | Leonard spent hours walking and cycling around the neighbourhood looking for it . |
| 43 | I was just a kid looking for the ‘ juice ’ ’ . |
| 44 | So I spent my first month as Special Projects Officer looking for work . |
| 45 | Every week , for one reason or another , there was a man about the place , looking for some creature I 'd seen , or thought I 'd seen . |
| 46 | This pattern had never been noticed before , but as soon as researchers started looking for it , several case studies of what is now known as phonological dyslexia were reported in rapid succession in the early 1980s . |
| 47 | I decided to make one last attempt after which I would start looking for a place from where I could obtain a map of the city . |
| 48 | ‘ He has been crying out for support for ages , and I am sure that this new opportunity is just what he is looking for . ’ |
| 49 | The judges will of course be looking for turning ability , but the most important factor is that children — or adults — will find the toy a joy . |
| 50 | The aim is to achieve two identical representations of George 's drawing ( available with entry forms ) , with the judges looking for consistency , finish and use of timber . |
| 51 | In the first of three articles that follow the progress of a chair making project , Steve Goulden explains how he designs a chair , looking for robustness , comfort and elegance |
| 52 | You may be looking for light domestic help one or two hours per week , or 24-hour a day care . |
| 53 | Or you may be a carer looking for help to enable you to take a break , either for regular short spells , or to go on holiday or in an emergency . |
| 54 | If you are looking for respite care for short periods , or convalescent care , you may qualify for some help through Income Support if you have less than £8,000 in savings . |
| 55 | These will all be presented to interested donors in a common summarised format that will provide them with the information they are looking for to make their decisions . |
| 56 | He is looking for a partner to retain the pub as a viable business . |
| 57 | Allied Breweries ' Taylor Walker subsidiary may consider the chain is just what they are looking for to increase their estate . |
| 58 | If you are looking for a picture book on Nepal for a present or a memento of a trip then this is certainly as good as , if not better than , many of its rivals . |
| 59 | We 're looking for our average reader |
| 60 | Their assumption that ‘ he knows what he has done wrong ’ is based on the fact that Rover is slinking along the floor with its head and tail down looking for all the world like a naughty school boy who 's just broken the headmaster 's window . |