Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] around for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having grasped the educational import of the manyattas , Windley cast around for ways in which they might be adapted for administrative purposes . |
| 2 | Dyson , putting his own down a moment later , as Tessa looked around for her gloves , said , ‘ I know what , Tessa . |
| 3 | Warily , Rincewind looked around for Twoflower . |
| 4 | Jane looked around for some other inhabitants . |
| 5 | After the service , when everyone had filed outside , Willie looked around for the strange curly-haired boy that he had seen at the Post Office . |
| 6 | Marx looked around for an ashtray , found one , and deliberately ground out his cigar-end . |
| 7 | Kimberley looked around for him . |
| 8 | Marcus looked around for somewhere to put his toothbrush . |
| 9 | When she finished selling the remaining tickets Sally looked around for them , realised what had happened and went back to sit on one of the hard upright chairs which lined the hall . |
| 10 | Japan looked around for diplomatic support , but this was not forthcoming from either Britain or the United States . |
| 11 | Folly looked around for her handbag . |
| 12 | Charles looked around for a suitable candidate and nudged , no doubt , by a couple of doting grandmothers , found Lady Diana Spencer . |
| 13 | Finlayson searched around for something simple to blood Tribe on . |
| 14 | In this climate , shrewd and sensitive individuals with an instinct for self-preservation looked around for a partner and pair-bonded . |
| 15 | Alice loitered around for a while , and no one came in or out , and she could not see Comrade Andrew through the downstairs windows , for the curtains were drawn . |
| 16 | Having escaped from their field , two goats wandered around for a while until they found themselves in a rubbish dump . |
| 17 | Stewart stayed with him for about an hour and a half and Lamb hung around for a while , but Smith was his main ally and , as the day ebbed away , it seemed as though only the new ball stood between England and a draw . |
| 18 | In Bridget 's case , her subsequent boyfriend stayed around for a year or so until she and her family moved house . |