Example sentences of "cast around for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Smiling awkwardly , he cast around for a topic of conversation that was n't personal and had difficulty in finding one . |
| 2 | He cast around for a chair , shoved some papers aside with a foot and perched on the edge of an armchair . |
| 3 | Blanche 's question woke Dexter from his reverie and he cast around for a photograph of Nicola in the room . |
| 4 | So often the preacher has an idea that he feels strongly about , and he then casts around for a scripture that seems to fit his message . |
| 5 | Mr Moynihan should even now be pressing the football authorities to cast around for an island where The Problem can be contained . |
| 6 | The 46-year-old Exeter manager was drafted in for last month 's win over France at Wembley as the England manager cast around for a successor to the disgraced Steve Harrison . |
| 7 | When first envisaged , then , the lectures were not seen as the core of a forthcoming book , even though ( with their Wagnerian connection ) they bore on his current preoccupation — and even though he was currently casting around for a subject for a book . |
| 8 | The company spent some two years casting around for a successor to its best-selling computer and finally came up with a machine called Lisa named after the daughter of the company 's founder Steve Jobs . |
| 9 | Final configuration and pricing has yet to be finalised , the firm says , and it is still casting around for a name , although Series 200 has been mooted . |
| 10 | Casting around for a task for the Crown Prince , Palace advisers had considered putting him to work leading a development campaign within the Commonwealth , before the inner-city initiative seized his imagination . |
| 11 | Well , the shah did fall , and the bureaucrats started casting around for a replacement . |