Example sentences of "looking for any [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's it ; except Nina stopped looking for any knight a long time ago . ’ |
| 2 | It was barely four o'clock when he entered the hut of the Ngo brothers and he waddled threateningly down the canter of the earth floor towards them , shining his flashlight right and left , looking for any excuse to employ his cane . |
| 3 | I felt they were looking for any excuse to start a fight . |
| 4 | I was still left looking for any element that could be described as cavalier . |
| 5 | He took care to appear blithely unworried as he strolled with his staff , for he knew only too well how the French sympathizers in the city were looking for any sign of allied defeatism that they could turn into an argument to demoralize the Dutch-Belgian troops . |
| 6 | She had been watching him intently , looking for any sign that he was sceptical about this mission . |
| 7 | Corbett stayed in the castle the rest of the day , wandering about , looking for any place he could sit and quietly meditate on all he knew . |
| 8 | We 're looking for any trace of clothing , it 's a big area with a long wall and the mounted police can cover it much more quickly than officers on foot |
| 9 | I was actively looking for any hint of SCUM support for about 6 weeks after the campaign … not ONE solitary supporter could be found . |
| 10 | But we 're still perplexed as to how the accident could have happened and we 're still looking for any motive for murder or suicide . ’ |
| 11 | Therefore , we 're not , other than the specific items that appear on your additions list , we 're not looking for any growth in the base budget at this stage , over and above that that 's already built into your budget base . |
| 12 | Police are looking for any links with today 's fire . |
| 13 | Dr Alun Gee , NRA technical manager for the Welsh region , said , ‘ We are not looking for any relaxation in current standards ’ and the objectives will contain a ‘ no deterioration ’ clause . |
| 14 | His actions were deliberate , his trained eye looking for any bugs that might be hidden in the room . |
| 15 | There is no point in looking for any improvement in the journal while he was second in command — there was none . |