Example sentences of "looking for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ So that means we 're looking for somebody between five and eight ? ’ |
| 2 | And he said , ‘ Do you know , all my life I 've been looking for somebody who could do everything for three pounds a week . ’ |
| 3 | I did n't pay them no heed at the time , because in this town somebody is always looking for somebody . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm looking for somebody , ’ he drawled casually . |
| 5 | ‘ If you 're looking for somebody to blame for needless deaths , look no further than Sheldukher . ’ |
| 6 | And er he he was having a conference in , course with dropping out of the Labour Party , the Labour Party finished with him and did n't bother and anyw he he someone I do n't know who it was , it was n't him himself but someone told me that he was looking for somebody to organize this conference in , so I said , Well I I 'll do it . |
| 7 | It 's quite possible that there are one or two old gentlemen , but when one wants to find a new operative , one really is looking for somebody to come in the trade who will be with the firm , all being well , for a number of years . |
| 8 | One of the most pedantic of the sub-editors was saying : ‘ You 're all looking for somebody with what you call a reason , but his thinking will be at variance with yours . ’ |
| 9 | All three glanced about the dockside , as if looking for somebody else . |
| 10 | I 'm looking for somebody who has n't had their hand up this lesson , Jennifer ? |
| 11 | Erm , I ca n't remember the exact conversation but the basics of it were that we were looking for somebody called Lawrence and he was at the present time at erm and that he was in possession of a gun and that the caller was concerned for the safety of the occupants of those premises . |
| 12 | Manager Alan Murray had been looking for somebody to replace the unlucky Saville , who broke his arm hours after his Pool debut a fortnight ago in a freak restaurant accident . |
| 13 | it 's like that argument , that , when you look for a marriage partner you 're either looking for somebody to re if you 're a woman , to replicate your father , or to be |
| 14 | Mind you , I mean , we got no whisky anyway so I said she 's looking for somebody who erm drinks at erm a spot of whisky . |
| 15 | But what er , I said , told Pete because I had another call when you were at lunch I think and erm he said he 'd heard rumours that we were looking for somebody . |
| 16 | She 's looking for somebody to back her up ! |
| 17 | because er , when they say how old are you and you say forty nine , they say oh well we , we , we were really looking for somebody a bit younger |
| 18 | aha and he says I 've been to the nice wee man he says he remembers ah going round all the houses looking for somebody to do in Apple Street and he went and told what 's his name ? |
| 19 | Well she was th mm she was looking for she was looking for somebody Re , who was in a particular age group . |
| 20 | So when we went to Stylus Records and Telstar you know they were more than than happy to have because they seemed but I think that at at the start had we been looking for somebody here to take us over probably it would never have happened . |
| 21 | In myself and other men I was looking for what I was deeply afraid of losing — my wholeness as a man . |
| 22 | But they 're still faced with looking for what they really want . |
| 23 | Headhunters were also more likely to offer a dynamic rather than a static solution , Gozzard suggested : they would be looking for what was to happen to the company in the future , not just today , and the role of the successful candidate in effecting change . |
| 24 | He remains on the board , representing employee shareholders , and intends to take a thirty-day breather before looking for what to do next . |
| 25 | When they melted apart and the nurse pulled Chesarynth 's finger-connection from the plug , Chesarynth felt tears skating down her face , looking for what she 'd lost . |
| 26 | ‘ Looking for what ? ’ |
| 27 | General exploration means more than just looking for what we want . |
| 28 | While implementiong RPP in each product group , FMC will also be looking for what Phil Coughlan calls ‘ opportunistic continuous improvement . ’ |
| 29 | And you and I in our journey in life looking for what we could get , hoping to make it we 've now been made joint heirs with Jesus Christ entering into his inheritance . |
| 30 | ‘ I was after looking for ye , so I was . ’ |