Example sentences of "[prep] looking for " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have identified them after looking for relatedness along the entire value chain , including both inputs and outputs , that make up the offering . |
| 2 | After looking for agoraphobic avoidance , the therapist should look for social avoidance . |
| 3 | ‘ I was after looking for ye , so I was . ’ |
| 4 | After looking for him , she decided to called the police at around 4am . |
| 5 | Is he out looking for the bastards who stole my father ? ’ |
| 6 | It was a Sunday , and the coach took us south of the border to the dusty town of Tia Juana where the passengers wandered about looking for souvenirs and tequila . |
| 7 | Perhaps it would n't be such a bad idea to be slightly more circumspect about looking for her . |
| 8 | If you are working , then how about looking for a job that pays more or a job that pays the same but reduces your travelling costs ? |
| 9 | I did n't think you 'd be that stupid , but I was curious enough to consent when Jones brought your name up with Giles Estwick when we started thinking about looking for a new programme manager six months ago . ’ |
| 10 | She heard him fumbling about looking for the lamp switch and then he found it . |
| 11 | So much for looking for excitement . |
| 12 | The other reason for looking for an approximate solution is that once it has been found such an approximate solution can then be worked upon and modified to give a much better solution . |
| 13 | Mm I do n't think so I , I was n't er , I were all for looking for a , going to work , you know . |
| 14 | I recognize that it represents a major change in policy to even consider the idea of recruiting the unemployed , but I understand the C E C for looking for referral and we will be happy with that this year . |
| 15 | ‘ While our efficiency approach argues for looking for ‘ good buys ’ in terms of where the most health gains can be had per extra £1,000 spent , the strategy document tends to argue in terms of throwing most money at the biggest problems irrespective of whether there are cost-effective measures available for dealing with them . ’ |
| 16 | Fundamental considerations , such as looking for stocks which will beneift from sterling 's weakness , are out of the window , ’ said one bemused dealer . |
| 17 | He 's only off looking for Rebel . |
| 18 | Possibly they had all gone off looking for help but I found the child and I cradled the child round my neck with some sort of rag and headed off back to Basra . |
| 19 | You have a year or two 's advantage on me , but I 'll still be here when you 're off looking for fresh fields to conquer . ’ |
| 20 | Well do n't go wandering off looking for it Mick , you 're alright . |
| 21 | It is difficult to find this tea , but it is worth looking for . |
| 22 | If the warm weather runs into the autumn , it 's worth looking for autumn gentian or felwort gentianella amarella on the chalk hills of southern England . |
| 23 | It 's still worth looking for English labels on the vegetables and fruit — do try to support the good old English varieties . |
| 24 | Most of these are well beyond binocular range , but it is worth looking for the ‘ Black-Eye ’ galaxy M64 , which is within a degree of the star 35 Comæ , not far from Alpha . |
| 25 | Even when not evident it is always worth looking for , since it may hold the clue to the whole case . |
| 26 | ‘ Would the treasure be worth looking for ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Worth looking for ! ’ cried the squire , with great enthusiasm . |
| 28 | But it 's worth looking for books and magazine articles that are on relevant topics — and these will certainly help in getting to understand the terminology . |
| 29 | Given the purposive approach to construction now adopted by the courts in order to give effect to the true intentions of the legislature , the fine distinctions between looking for the mischief and looking for the intention in using words to provide the remedy are technical and inappropriate . |
| 30 | Make a point of looking for the lay of the surrounding countryside . |