Example sentences of "i [verb] around for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Type Report on Yugoslav Spitfires by Peter Arnold in the April issue ( p70 ) evoked many memories for me and caused me to rummage around for some half-forgotten photos of nearly half a century ago , and there it was , Mk VcJK808 ‘ B ’ with yours truly in attendance . |
| 2 | Once she kept me hanging around for an hour and a half , which might sound like a backward step , but you have to remember she was sitting in a place of her own choice , and was taking it all in . |
| 3 | ‘ you come in ere half pissed once a month , usually around midnight , and expect me to jump around for you , now you 're bringing you mates as well . ’ |
| 4 | I fumble around for the rest of my kit and fall over Shelagh , who is shining a torch gingerly in one of her boots . |
| 5 | I wandered around for a bit and then came back again . |
| 6 | Then I wandered around for a while , casting wistful glances at my tables . |
| 7 | I wandered around for a while , in a bit of a daze , and then strolled back here . |
| 8 | I dawdled around for a while and then headed south . |
| 9 | I hang around for a bit , pretending to look at some writing on the board . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's what I hang around for all day , ’ said the poet , ‘ when your mother is doing something useful . ’ |
| 11 | I hung around for a while … now I come to think of it , I walked a short way along the path , looking for him . ’ |
| 12 | While Lisabeth was mainlining Cadbury 's Bournville I rummaged around for a sports bag ( one that advertised Marlboro fags , naturally ) and began to pack a spare everything . |
| 13 | I stuck around for another seven years for the children 's sake but it was very unsatisfactory . |
| 14 | I felt around for a switch and threw it down to reveal a stone staircase with iron handrail . |
| 15 | Gunga drove off over the bridge as I looked around for a suitable spot to get some practice in . |
| 16 | I looked around for Kalchu and eventually found him on the far side of the fire talking to a group of men , some of whom I recognized as being from Chaura and from Chhuma . |
| 17 | I looked around for a cup . |
| 18 | I could n't let this frail old man go In there and maybe get knocked down and savaged , and I looked around for a means of protection . |
| 19 | I looked around for this other speaker , this eminent historian who had been right in the middle of the action , this acute analyst who assembled with such thoroughness the material I too had worked on , who had packed it into enlightening and readable volumes . |
| 20 | I looked around for the changes that Leithen had mentioned . |
| 21 | So I cast around for somewhere else and we found this , in a very poor state of repair . |
| 22 | " I mean , what are my chances , if I stick around for a couple more months ? " |
| 23 | With that , Taff started digging while I searched around for timber to place over the trench . |
| 24 | I sat around for a while , talking to people . |