Example sentences of "looking [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 31 | During that week I felt the Lord speak to me and I knew that this is what I 'd been looking for all my life and I decided to follow Jesus . |
| 32 | We 're looking for all types of dog — well-known and exotic breeds of dog , crossbreeds , mixtures , dogs that can do tricks … you name it . |
| 33 | The distinctive leaves of Begonia grandis evansiana , looking for all the world like an escaped house plant , but hardy enough to grow outside , are also grown in abundance . |
| 34 | A few days later a 69 Squadron Maryland approached the airfield , looking for all the world like a Ju88 . |
| 35 | And as we are unlikely to see any real harmonisation of accounting procedures , fiscal requirements or business practices throughout the Community in the near future , pan-European accounting systems will be increasingly important to the large number of UK companies looking for all the help they can get . |
| 36 | Bellybutton , a straw hat over his eyes , danced a few ludicrous steps on the deck of the workboat , thus looking for all the world like a simple Bahamian native welcoming the nice white folks from Georgia who now stood blinking in the bright sunlight beside a growing mound of their designer-label luggage . |
| 37 | Either you can sort through your collection looking for all the smallest items , or you can cheat and use parts of larger pieces of pressed flowers or foliage . |
| 38 | In the corner of the pool sat Debbie Harry who leant into my face and — looking for all the world like Benny Hill 's mum — said ‘ Is this the same James Brown who championed The Wonder Stuff and Happy Mondays ? |
| 39 | He sat in the low chair with his head bowed , looking for all the world like a genius deep in contemplation , though in fact he was fast asleep . |
| 40 | Er oh I did have one Polish lad who 's now left who used to go round looking for all the cans and he 'd then collect the ten p's ! |
| 41 | We visited Sanur Beach , where we painted fishermen working on their outrigger boats , extraordinary craft with huge ‘ arms ’ , looking for all the world like giant multi-coloured sea creatures . |
| 42 | No he said , I ca n't give it back to you , you 're the person that I 've been looking for all my life . |
| 43 | The work was unplaced , but the concept was electrifying — a smooth , lacquered black box with an ominous bulge at one end , looking for all the world as if something inside wanted to escape . |
| 44 | ‘ The irony is that I did n't realise till Christmas , when I knew I loved you , that it was someone like you I should have been looking for all these years since . ’ |
| 45 | You can do this directly , if the catalogue has subject divisions , or indirectly by looking for all books with a particular word in the title . |
| 46 | He left the set that day looking for all the world like a nine-stone weakling who had just thrown sand in the face of the beach bully . |
| 47 | And when you were in suitably softened mood I was going to tell you how this time I 'd found what I 'd really been looking for all my life . ’ |
| 48 | He is looking for that quality which you must allow me to call ‘ modernity ’ ; for I know of no better word to express the idea I have in mind . |
| 49 | Londoners lead the buyers from the south east looking for that cottage with an acre , or the house beside a river or overlooking a rugged coast . |
| 50 | I must have passed in and out of several counties that morning , looking for that dolmen . |
| 51 | He 'd been looking for that for ages . |
| 52 | The ground became firm for a few hundred yards and I ran , my eyes taking in every dot on the horizon , looking for that familiar yellow speck , but I missed seeing a sandy hollow right under my nose . |
| 53 | Looking for that special Christmas or birthday present for a friend or relative who 's a d-i-y enthusiast ? |
| 54 | Are you looking for that elusive kidney-shaped dressing table . |
| 55 | THANKS LARGELY to Doris Day , pop singers like Sandra Dee , Helen Shapiro and Connies Stevens and Francis , were sweetly feminine — nice girls , all looking for that one special guy , in their songs at least . |
| 56 | And someone buying it looking for that kind of book could justifiably feel they were being sold short . |
| 57 | What you 're looking in any formula say from a carbon compound you would be looking for that was bonded to four different groups , it does n't matter what the groups are , it does n't matter how big , how small they are |
| 58 | But you 'll be looking for that . |
| 59 | Because , look at , I 'm not , you know , I 'm not er gon na even talk about the disaster at airport things , you know , the taking off and landing , if you 've got a stadium nearby with a lot of people in it , and one of these disasters happened to happen , I know we 're not looking for that , but if it does , you 're gon na have a stadium full of people if a plane comes down , well , you know . |
| 60 | And while they 're looking for that direction , they are vulnerable . |