Example sentences of "[verb] around [v-ing] for [art] " 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 | Well , I was wandering around looking for a rococo palace … ’ |
| 3 | If you just stand around waiting for the enemy to come to you then of course your ladz will get bored , and naturally they 'll start to get a bit fractious , then inevitably they 'll end up failing an Animosity test probably just when you do n't want them to . |
| 4 | He flew around hoping for a break in the visibility . |
| 5 | I sometimes think that if we were back in biblical days and John the Baptist was running around looking for a wilderness he would n't go to the desert he would come to Creggan ! |
| 6 | But men who 'd probably been men since the age of 14 , when they decided that school was a wank and that , rather than hanging around waiting for a dead-end job , they 'd go out and find their own way to make a living . |
| 7 | ‘ There is nothing worse than players hanging around waiting for the next instruction . |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't go around looking for a job , ’ he said , ‘ though I 'm flattered by the speculation . |
| 9 | We ca n't stand around waiting for the fingerprints man , he could be hours . ’ |
| 10 | Look at the source : Of course , BP and the rest of the plastics industry have n't been sitting around waiting for the environmental debate on waste to start . |
| 11 | Wander around looking for a boy in half-dead trainers with green Dayglo socks showing through . |
| 12 | We 'd sit around chatting for a bit then go on to whatever was happening that evening . |
| 13 | But as to advice — well , do n't just sit around waiting for the telephone to ring . |
| 14 | Our porn challenges the received myths about our love-making , as Gillian Rodgerson pointed out when she argued that lesbians need to produce their own because ‘ then the myth that all lesbian sex is two women lounging around waiting for a man to join them , might finally be exploded . ’ |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | It would benefit no one if we all sat around moping for the next week . |
| 17 | The professionals sat around waiting for the gentlemen to return before the match was called off . |
| 18 | After positioning the wad in my cheek I sat around waiting for the hit , feeling smug with my new-found anthropological skills . |