Example sentences of "[verb] around for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How many times have you faced the glares of your fellow shoppers in supermarkets as you struggle to pack your bags with one hand and write a cheque with the other , or fumble around for cash to pay for your goods . |
| 2 | He would be up with the morning chorus , while Beth was happy to mooch around for hours in her nightdress , drinking black coffee , smoking cigarettes and watching breakfast television . |
| 3 | John looks around for Paul . |
| 4 | Next , he looks around for credit terms paying a one-fifth deposit of £20 , and the rest in 24 monthly instalments . |
| 5 | She sticks the cigarette in her mouth and looks around for matches . |
| 6 | He looks around for Mark . |
| 7 | And as he goes under the hooves Andy looks around for John , eyes wide , but John can not help him . |
| 8 | Having grasped the educational import of the manyattas , Windley cast around for ways in which they might be adapted for administrative purposes . |
| 9 | At independence , the new governments had looked around for ways of publicizing their activities and seized upon the means to do so . |
| 10 | So you do n't hang around for money in our in our company . |
| 11 | ‘ I would prefer to be of help to you and Nader , ’ she explained , ‘ rather than wait around for news of Philippe that may never come . ’ |
| 12 | She began to struggle free of Marco 's embrace , groping around for anchorage . |
| 13 | Make better use of your base cabinets by fixing slide-out towel racks to the doors , and by installing swivel storage shelves to do away with all that groping around for things at the back . |
| 14 | Rincewind did not glance around for fear of the terrible things he might see , and by the time Withel looked for him again he was on the other side of the Plaza , and still accelerating . |
| 15 | It is a tautology to say that English spelling is excellent because the reader can Jump around for clues on so many different levels ( semantic , visual , phonic , contextual , etymological , and so on ) . |
| 16 | He rooted around for survivors but there were none . |
| 17 | Leeson was looking around for inspiration , a topic that did n't rub salt into wounds . |
| 18 | If we are at an early stage of the work , still looking around for ideas and still perhaps ‘ hypothesis-seeking ’ , it is likely that we shall want to talk to people to try to get help , stimulation , new viewpoints , and so on . |
| 19 | Halcyon days indeed but now the trio have broken up and McWilliams after another brief spell in England is back searching around for mounts . |
| 20 | At the moment he 's searching around for sponsors . |
| 21 | Newport have fallen on even harder times than last year , when the Barbarians beat them 60-18 , and the Baa-Baas too scratched around for fluency . |
| 22 | ‘ When I think of that marvellous treasure being hawked around for sale … |
| 23 | In brief : take time and shop around for clothes that are adventurous but classic . |
| 24 | Sofas and chairs Shop around for furniture filled with natural fibres — cotton , hair or feathers are best , although the last two can cause allergies . |
| 25 | Even many months after the publication of Working for patients , Phillips ( 1989 ) , in a feature article in the Guardian , referred to an ‘ internal market in which GPs shop around for health services ’ . |
| 26 | Shop around for limousines and photographers , prices can vary but so can the service . |
| 27 | I know but I 'm still not wandering around for hours I 'm warning you now ! |
| 28 | However , ‘ Sophisticat costs for 5kg and the standard aquarium ammonia remover costs around for 500g . |
| 29 | It is usual for frustrated youth to protest that ‘ it 's not fair ’ and to look around for bogymen to blame . |
| 30 | For example , your GP should have greater flexibility to look around for treatment in hospitals which offer the shortest waiting times . |