Example sentences of "[vb past] around [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any decent sized salmon would be bound to show itself as it moved around waiting for the next tide to free it . |
| 2 | She smiled a faint smile for the people who hung around waiting for more drama . |
| 3 | He flew around hoping for a break in the visibility . |
| 4 | He usually guessed at the contents of letters , and stood around waiting for his guesses to be confirmed . |
| 5 | For years they suffered in silence while barriers were pranged , concrete bollards damaged and other cars blocked in as the 23-year-old careered around looking for a space in the car park . |
| 6 | It would benefit no one if we all sat around moping for the next week . |
| 7 | The professionals sat around waiting for the gentlemen to return before the match was called off . |
| 8 | After positioning the wad in my cheek I sat around waiting for the hit , feeling smug with my new-found anthropological skills . |
| 9 | Chair , the letters that do go , the majority of the letters that go to MPs and members are signed by me , though they 're prepared by the officer who 's the expert in different fields , but these two letters went when I happened to be away from the department , and that 's fair enough , I 'd rather they went than sat around waiting for my return . |