Example sentences of "[be] look for some [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 For the first time she recognized that secretly she had been looking for some way out for herself and Midnight .
2 The City and the Confederation of British Industry had been looking for some indication of earlier participation in the exchange rate mechanism of the EMS .
3 First you are looking for some mystery man called Svend , then it is your sister , but all the time you are taking an inventory of my apartment . ’
4 Unix System Labs Inc reportedly had a meeting with SunSelect last week : thinking is they 're looking for some help speeding up their PC emulation .
5 They 're looking for some purpose for it all and they ca n't find it . ’
6 So they 're looking for some money to finance a research fellow at the Hospital .
7 ‘ If you 're looking for some kind of … counselling , ’ says Riva , ‘ I 'll ask my father if he knows of anyone who … ’
8 The upshot is that holiday/tour organisers who book hotels in this country are imposing stringent contract conditions on the hotels and may in some cases be looking for some performance guarantees or such-like so that they have some redress if your shortcomings result in them having to pay up to their customers .
9 From now on he would be looking for some sort of pattern .
10 ‘ But probably the chances are that I will be looking for some sort of change , ’ he added .
11 For the next hour the fairground gradually filled with people , mainly families with young children or teenagers who had become bored with their tour round the factory and were looking for some excitement .
12 Yeah and then we were looking for some carpeting were n't we ?
13 Answer guide : This question is looking for some discussion around the realization and prudence principles .
14 I was looking for some short-cut to getting a complete description of who you are .
15 We were just walking away , and I was looking for some sort of rubbish container in which to put the bag of icing sugar , when we suddenly heard all those sirens going , and saw masses of policemen running into the park .
16 Mark , aware of the problem , records that the reaction of the chief priests and Scribes was to look for some way to get rid of Jesus , but that they could not do so at that moment because Jesus was popular with the people .
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