Example sentences of "look for [indef pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We could have looked for something to press it with and pressed it . |
| 2 | 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 ? |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | She 's looking for somebody to back her up ! |
| 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 | ‘ If you 're looking for somebody to blame for needless deaths , look no further than Sheldukher . ’ |
| 9 | I was n't looking for something to fill my life by having her , she just happened . |
| 10 | She looked away first , and pawed through the wicker basket , looking for something to fill the space between them . |
| 11 | They are very popular with oil workers who return during their holidays and are looking for something to spend all their money on . |
| 12 | In particular , the boys drift into and out of minor delinquencies while hanging around the streets in groups looking for something to do , as the following extract from his study illustrates . |
| 13 | You know , you 're sitting there with these guys , you 're looking for something to do , there 's a pile of instruments and you grab something that seems to fit . |
| 14 | If you are in the Manchester area and looking for something to do , the City Art Gallery in Mosley Street might be well worth a visit . |
| 15 | All this extra work could have been tackled by youngsters but , unfortunately , the Scottish schools were back and there were no children hanging around looking for something to do . |
| 16 | I think he had just got bored and was looking for something to do , so he sought to amuse . ’ |
| 17 | As for happy hours , I 'd say that 50% of pubs in Leeds have a happy hour at least once a day so if you were looking for something to celebrate each and every day then this might come up ( along with the anniversary of the death of the guy who drove the stephenson steam train on it 's maiden journey , and the all too sad occasion of the 7th anniversary of the cat that lived 4 doors down that was callously knocked over by the no. 40 bus ) |
| 18 | I got the impression he was looking for something to hit . |
| 19 | For years he 's been looking for something to put his madness into . |
| 20 | The one thing you do not do is to plant your tree and then start looking for something to use for ties , any more than you bash a stake in afterwards and damage the roots . |
| 21 | We were all people that were looking for something to believe in . |
| 22 | If there was not , A might still believe that B was looking for something to steal , which could constitute an attempt to steal under the Criminal Attempts Act 1981 notwithstanding that there was nothing there that B would have stolen . |
| 23 | Perhaps the Frank Slade role is a sign that Pacino is looking for something to stretch him , because he 's also about to embark on another slightly unusual project . |
| 24 | ‘ You 'd be looking for something shaped like a truncheon or a torch , ’ said Pike . |
| 25 | We broke open all the boxes of plastic explosives , fuses and detonators , and walked around with Sergeant-Major Barlerin looking for something to attach our bombs to . |
| 26 | We 're always looking for something missing in life . |
| 27 | The RAF was looking for something to work in the arctic , the desert . |
| 28 | Some ads will be about products which are most unlikely to be bought ; some , even , may concern products or product fields in which the reader is actively looking for something to buy . |
| 29 | If you are looking for something to add the special touch of style to your property , SGO has the answer . |
| 30 | They are looking for someone to give them a helping hand . ’ |