Example sentences of "about for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So all you 'd do is you 'd cast about for a friend , you 'd decide on a price that you would accept and if it was a friend , if you had to sell it and you needed fifteen quid to buy a pair of shoes or whatever , erm and you 'd like twenty , you 'd turn to a mate and go , Have you got twenty quid ? and he he 'd say yes or no . |
| 2 | Casting about for a sighting , she suddenly saw one of the dogs about a quarter of a mile away . |
| 3 | After messing about for a while , they roped in drummer Anthony — Derbyshire born , now a Nottingham resident — and discovered common musical ground . |
| 4 | So after toddling about for a while you go into Barries ’ and point out the shorts where they lie in the window , interleaved with their fellows . |
| 5 | And going to England one place we did n't enough do you see , so we were going Then we went to Northampton and different places like that , shifting about for a while . |
| 6 | After wandering about for a while she finally got her bearings and found the splendid staircase that led to the grand hall and the main entrance . |
| 7 | Oh I see , they have been about for a while . |
| 8 | I tried hers on anyway and after rummaging about for a bit I found one I liked . |
| 9 | Victor paces about for a bit . |
| 10 | People jump about for a bit but then having offered you |
| 11 | There are also stressed forms , / / and / / , used when the word is emphasised or used by itself when the speaker is casting about for a substantive . |
| 12 | I 'll bring my things in and just have to , to keep wandering about for a minute |
| 13 | They stood looking about for a waiter and one said in a loud voice : ‘ How do we attract attention ? ’ |
| 14 | He looked about for a thing to waft with , saw nothing satisfactory , scowled and said , ‘ I suppose I 'll have to find a fan of some sort . ’ |
| 15 | On the other hand , after a glance at ‘ Luck of the Legion ’ , I went about for a week with a white handkerchief tucked into the back of my cap , ordering the dog to about-face or wooing it with words of French culled from the strip ( ‘ Oo-ee , mon pet it ’ ) . |
| 16 | And I suspect that if we offered them counselling from cater good catering advice on how to maximise their market return they 'll do it because I would n't hang about for a meal if I knew that they would n't give you a meal in fifteen minutes , I 'd go and eat somewhere else . |
| 17 | " Did he die almost immediately , or is there any possibility that he could have walked about for a time , even locked the door and set the alarms ? " |
| 18 | Cast about for a taper . |
| 19 | You conducted Elektra again in Salzburg in 1964 — I remember Szell , who also knew Strauss , giving you and your cast long and heartfelt applause at the end of the performance — and a Salome was announced for that time , too , which did n't in fact come about for a number of years . |