Example sentences of "around for [art] [adj] [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With automatic professionalism Folly had carried them into the bathroom and begun to hunt around for a suitable container before her mind turned back to the question of who could have sent them . |
| 2 | Charles looked around for a suitable candidate and nudged , no doubt , by a couple of doting grandmothers , found Lady Diana Spencer . |
| 3 | For our purposes what matters is that RNA , or something like it , was around for a long time before it became self-replicating . |
| 4 | She had a neat , methodical mind and it pleased her to hunt around for an odd half-hour or so to fill with planting lettuces or doing the mending . |
| 5 | It went without saying that he did n't want to be seen , but it was worth the extra discomfort of hanging around for the extra information that he might pick up . |
| 6 | When he cast his eyes around for the one place that seemed , for a man of business , the least affected by the tumult of war , the shrewd Samuel decided on Tangier . |
| 7 | With prices down by up to a third in some areas , there are many bargains around for the discerning buyer whether you fancy a converted barn or like the challenge of renovating . |
| 8 | Once inside the shed , Amis entered the cage and cast around for the big wrench that he 'd taken to keeping in here . |
| 9 | You 'd think he 'd have told you he would n't be around for the next week or two . |