Example sentences of "was look for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was looking for a pensioner but , you were n't in the right street . |
| 2 | When I went to Highlander I was looking for a way which could help towards more effective participation and the development of better non-formal opportunities in adult education on social issues which affect communities in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland . |
| 3 | I was looking for a way out into the aisle . |
| 4 | Knowing what I do now [ he says ] , I think the DIA was looking for a way to get me back to Beirut to salvage what it could from the Asmar wreck . |
| 5 | But I bumped into Chris who 'd been doing some session work with Steve ( Buzzcocks ) Diggle , who was looking for a guitar player to do a few gigs , and Chris kind of trapped me into that . |
| 6 | The idea evolved when producer Ned Sherrin was looking for a sequel to That Was the Week That Was , the irreverent series that dared to poke fun at the Establishment and made stars of David Frost , Roy Kinnear , William Rushton , Eleanor Bron and Millicent Martin . |
| 7 | And now it was looking for a graveyard . |
| 8 | The most interesting binocular object is M15 , a globular cluster not far below naked-eye visibility ; it was discovered by Maraldi in 1746 , while he was looking for a comet . |
| 9 | The wild bohemianism of the life at Kisling 's was stimulating and hectic but a drain on Modigliani 's limited energy and he was looking for a change in his life . |
| 10 | The chance of stardom beckoned after Maureen read that the Civic Theatre was looking for a corgi to appear alongside the Queen in the Roald Dahl play . |
| 11 | from north of the border Joe Jordan could be in the running … he 's at Celtic at the moment but was looking for a chance to return to English football … |
| 12 | from north of the border Joe Jordan could be in the running … he 's at Celtic at the moment but was looking for a chance to return to English football … |
| 13 | A FEW weeks ago TeleClub featured Kristian Schmid ( Todd in ‘ Neighbours ’ ) and how he was looking for a boy or girl from Northern Ireland to join his Steel Can Recycling Board . |
| 14 | When , six months later , the English Opera Group was looking for a boy soprano to play the Little Sweep in a new production of Let's Make an Opera — in which the young Michael Ingram had previously treated a Brixton audience to on-stage nudity — Benjamin Britten remembered Michael , not so much for his singing , but for the havoc he caused at the earlier auditions . |
| 15 | It was confirmed that the Rank Organisation was looking for a buyer for its five star Royal Garden Hotel in London . |
| 16 | Perhaps he was looking for a drink by the time he had climbed as far as the Piazza where three renaissance palaces , a town hall and cathedral confront each other across an open space of such lively dignity and harmony as to make the lack of tourist cafes completely forgivable . |
| 17 | Later , after Mother died , we heard he was looking for a sponsor and planning another solitary voyage . |
| 18 | Ken had been at the auditions that Michael Codron organized , when he was looking for a feed for Williams . |
| 19 | He thought it might be some time before he was looking for a love-nest again with her . |
| 20 | An advertisement had appeared on one of the university noticeboards saying that Benghazi University in Libya was looking for a lecturer in engineering . |
| 21 | I was looking for a man named Tom Tunney , a washed-out writer and a deep-dyed drunk . |
| 22 | Sampras , meanwhile , was planning to talk with Tom 's twin brother , Tim , who has been working with Eliot Teltscher and , although nothing had been settled at the time of writing , Andrew Agassi was looking for a coach who could help him improve what he knows remains a fundamental weakness in his game — his serve . |
| 23 | ‘ I was looking for a hiding place for some stupid necklace I 'd bought , and the bureau was the nearest thing to hand ! ’ |
| 24 | He was born to be King and was looking for a princess . |
| 25 | I currently had a Cavalier SRi and was looking for a GSi . |
| 26 | At that time , Russell Mills , an artist who was looking for a dwelling that would be large enough also to provide studio space , realised that the building might subdivide suitably to meet , at low cost , the similar needs of fellow artists and designers . |
| 27 | ‘ I was looking for a bird 's nest to show Tory , Mummy . ’ |
| 28 | At that stage in his career no one was looking for a hit-machine : the longer heads realised that it was a difficult job to scale the face of Broadway — as it was in the West End — with so few footholds and even fewer helping ropes dangling down to give you a lift . |
| 29 | ‘ I was looking for a sounding board and that 's what I 've got . ’ |
| 30 | At the time , Dustin was looking for a role that attracted him . |