Example sentences of "look for some [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | We had looked for some impact from the presence of women in senior positions in school , but the highest percentage of women at Scale 4 or above in any school was 35 per cent . |
| 2 | And somehow his hurt had brought him back here , looking for some innocence long since gone from him , looking for some boyhood simplicity to answer the anguish within him , to make it go away . |
| 3 | LOOKING FOR SOME PEACE AND QUIET AWAY FROM THE PEAK DISTRICT HORDES ? |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I was looking for some short-cut to getting a complete description of who you are . |
| 8 | They 're looking for some purpose for it all and they ca n't find it . ’ |
| 9 | In looking for some test of their hypothesis , scientists have tried two approaches . |
| 10 | Even as Rachel flitted before us down passageways and galleries , I could feel other presences , as if ghosts hiding in the shadows watched her pass then trailed behind us , looking for some weakness they could exploit . |
| 11 | So they 're looking for some money to finance a research fellow at the Hospital . |
| 12 | He could start thinking he 's a poached egg and wander off looking for some toast to sit on . ’ |
| 13 | There were racetrack express buses , I found , going from the city to the Downs , so I went on one at about six o'clock and strolled around at ground level looking for some way of conveying to Bill Baudelaire the water samples which were now individually wrapped inside the nondescript plastic carrier . |
| 14 | For the first time she recognized that secretly she had been looking for some way out for herself and Midnight . |
| 15 | Searching Ellie 's face , perhaps looking for some resemblance , she gave a funny little sigh . |
| 16 | ‘ If you 're looking for some kind of … counselling , ’ says Riva , ‘ I 'll ask my father if he knows of anyone who … ’ |
| 17 | I tore along the beach like a maniac , looking for some kind of boat I could borrow to get away . |
| 18 | We were all looking for some direction in our lives and they gave us that direction . |
| 19 | Answer guide : This question is looking for some discussion around the realization and prudence principles . |
| 20 | Yeah , I got the impression when the TV commentators were going on about the Turks being in Europe for the last 10 years they were just looking for some excuse to explain th scum 's ineptitude . |
| 21 | From now on he would be looking for some sort of pattern . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | ‘ But probably the chances are that I will be looking for some sort of change , ’ he added . |
| 24 | ‘ We are really looking for some sort of justice for these people . |
| 25 | Erm if it 's um well generally speaking I think , thinking about what the sort of consensus would be among people who who study this sort of thing , they 're usually looking for some sort of of discrepancy in ages or powers or something . |
| 26 | Nevertheless if they were going to fly again they were gon na pay for a seat and they 're only looking for some recompense towards a new new ticket what 's wrong with sending them a voucher y'know , a properly produced voucher that we c that 's controlled properly by and all they do is guarantee any travel at their normal travel agent , do the business , attach the voucher to the B S P |
| 27 | 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 . ’ |
| 28 | He had also caught a glimpse of a gang of young kids from Riotsville moving through the streets , looking for some action . |
| 29 | Yeah and then we were looking for some carpeting were n't we ? |
| 30 | I 'm not looking for some sinecure of a job with the cosy family firm , Lucy ! |