Example sentences of "[verb] around for [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I fumble around for the rest of my kit and fall over Shelagh , who is shining a torch gingerly in one of her boots .
2 He looks around for a moment , pleased as punch , then realizes that his fellow group members have all heard it a dozen times before .
3 Smiling awkwardly , he cast around for a topic of conversation that was n't personal and had difficulty in finding one .
4 He cast around for a chair , shoved some papers aside with a foot and perched on the edge of an armchair .
5 Blanche 's question woke Dexter from his reverie and he cast around for a photograph of Nicola in the room .
6 As the mandroids calmly gassed the beaked exter and carted them both off to be flung into the street , I slid on to one of the unstained seats at the table and cheerfully looked around for a servaton .
7 Whether the quartet actively looked around for a site is not known but in 1905 they formed a syndicate by joining with two other men — J. A. Rawlins and F. E. Theodor — who were already buying and selling land for development in the Shiplake and Harpsden areas and whose earlier purchases included Bolney Court , Lower Bolney Farm and Upper Bolney Farm .
8 Aware that there was no accepted path for women in deacons ' orders in the Church of England , she had nevertheless looked around for a curacy which would put her in possession of solid parish experience .
9 Willie had looked around for the twins and George , but they were nowhere to be seen .
10 Tackling a black run in a blizzard was a worry , but when you only have a long weekend you ca n't hang around for the sun to shine .
11 Then I wandered around for a while , casting wistful glances at my tables .
12 I wandered around for a while , in a bit of a daze , and then strolled back here .
13 Having escaped from their field , two goats wandered around for a while until they found themselves in a rubbish dump .
14 He wandered around for a while and ran into a few of the household busy with their duties .
15 He wandered around for a couple of hours having chats with any of the old fellows who were around the place . ’
16 I wandered around for a bit and then came back again .
17 He also points out that the expedition led by himself and Clark had assembled ‘ the best people , worldwide , and the top people ca n't afford to stand around for a couple of years waiting for research to happen ’ .
18 He also points out that the expedition led by himself and Clark had assembled ‘ the best people , worldwide , and the top people ca n't afford to stand around for a couple of years waiting for research to happen ’ .
19 KNOCKING AROUND for a while now .
20 In that state they became ‘ sylvan demons ’ , ‘ either falling into a deep slumber or looking around for a fight . ’
21 At the door which led back on to the landing he was looking around for a prop or a wedge to pin it open when he thought of the parcel that he 'd been hugging since the zoo .
22 He now firmly refutes suggestions that he is unhappy with the Yorkshire set-up and is looking around for a move to another county .
23 Of course , I 'll have to do an internship first , then a stint as a registrar before I can even think of looking around for a practice of my own . ’
24 Mr Gregory could be looking around for a job at the moment . ’
25 Cotterell nodded and started looking around for a piece of paper .
26 Up for re-election in 1952 , he was looking around for a cause that would be electorally popular , and found it in anti-communism .
27 Could she really have been reading that ? he wondered , looking around for the novel stuffed behind a cushion .
28 For many people it is a matter of looking around for the car they want and then frantically trying to arrange the finance , whilst the ‘ offer ’ still holds .
29 I dawdled around for a while and then headed south .
30 Just take it from me that it 's not in your best interests to go hunting around for the ship . ’
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