Example sentences of "i looked for " in BNC.
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| 1 | As we moved along I could n't help feeling apprehensive as I looked for newly disturbed ground that could contain a box mine , or glancing at the trees and hedges for signs of booby-traps . |
| 2 | When , on the third morning I looked for Athman to say goodbye to him , he was nowhere to be found and I had to leave without seeing him again . |
| 3 | ‘ I looked for a single builder , because I wanted to work closely with someone while I was doing the ‘ unpicking ’ myself , ’ Timothy says . |
| 4 | But I looked for only a moment . |
| 5 | ‘ I looked for JK after . |
| 6 | I looked for it and never found it . |
| 7 | I looked for bubbles rising , hoping to find him that way , and saw not bubbles but a red stain in the water a short way off , a swirl of colour against drab . |
| 8 | I looked for the first time straight into his moonlit eyes , and I saw Perkin the son , the husband , the one who worked with wood . |
| 9 | I looked for the name of yoof goddess Janet Street-Porter on the credits . |
| 10 | Relieved to be out in the open again , I looked for the route up onto the giant hump of Rhossili Down above the village . |
| 11 | When I finished , I looked for him but he had disappeared into the kitchen . |
| 12 | I looked for the one my heart loves ; |
| 13 | I looked for him but did not find him . |
| 14 | I stepped back to avoid the overpowering closeness of his face and a little man on the inner circle of the crowd startled me with a friendly smile , but I could not find him again when I looked for him . |
| 15 | What I looked for , but only occasionally glimpsed , was the recognition that , though differing frameworks of shared assumptions may be barriers to effective understanding , the rewards can be substantial — if not for what we learn about the alien systems then for what we may discover about our own previously unquestioned beliefs . |
| 16 | First I 'll divulge that I went to Bristol — they 'll know that already if they 're bright enough — then I 'll say I went to this Bed and Breakfast — then I looked for a job … |
| 17 | I looked for her where she was lodged with her foster-parents . ’ |
| 18 | I now realise I looked for the wrong things . |
| 19 | George , whom I looked for first , was in his office eating a fat ragged beef sandwich and drinking diet Coke . |
| 20 | I looked for a body , but could n't find one . |
| 21 | ‘ I looked for young , ambitious players . |
| 22 | I looked for ideas in a book that belonged to my great grandad , and there were some really good poems there so I started writing poetry . |
| 23 | Ezek. 22.30 — ‘ I looked for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand before Me in the gap on behalf of the land so that I would not have to destroy it , but I found none . ’ |
| 24 | I looked for the knitted garments that I used to help her with but they must have all been sold . |
| 25 | When choosing the frame for this design I looked for something that would show off the dark red colours of the flowers and also be fairly plain , so as to balance the rather busy design . |
| 26 | In the camp canteen I looked for the woman who had encouraged me to come to what , by the minute , I was beginning to feel was a god-forsaken hole . |
| 27 | In burning his New Testament , he wrote , they did ‘ none other than I looked for : no more shall they do if they burn me also , if it be God 's will it shall be so ’ . |
| 28 | For filtration I looked for a Fluval 303 . |
| 29 | I looked for a textured effect by taking the broad tips sideways over the paper surface . |
| 30 | I looked for my favourite character , only to find he had been replaced by the same bitch who has taken over Lloyd 's job . |