Example sentences of "[verb] around for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looks around for a moment , pleased as punch , then realizes that his fellow group members have all heard it a dozen times before . |
| 2 | Smiling awkwardly , he cast around for a topic of conversation that was n't personal and had difficulty in finding one . |
| 3 | He cast around for a chair , shoved some papers aside with a foot and perched on the edge of an armchair . |
| 4 | Blanche 's question woke Dexter from his reverie and he cast around for a photograph of Nicola in the room . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Then I wandered around for a while , casting wistful glances at my tables . |
| 9 | I wandered around for a while , in a bit of a daze , and then strolled back here . |
| 10 | Having escaped from their field , two goats wandered around for a while until they found themselves in a rubbish dump . |
| 11 | He wandered around for a while and ran into a few of the household busy with their duties . |
| 12 | He wandered around for a couple of hours having chats with any of the old fellows who were around the place . ’ |
| 13 | I wandered around for a bit and then came back again . |
| 14 | 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 ’ . |
| 15 | 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 ’ . |
| 16 | KNOCKING AROUND for a while now . |
| 17 | In that state they became ‘ sylvan demons ’ , ‘ either falling into a deep slumber or looking around for a fight . ’ |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | He now firmly refutes suggestions that he is unhappy with the Yorkshire set-up and is looking around for a move to another county . |
| 20 | 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 . ’ |
| 21 | Mr Gregory could be looking around for a job at the moment . ’ |
| 22 | Cotterell nodded and started looking around for a piece of paper . |
| 23 | Up for re-election in 1952 , he was looking around for a cause that would be electorally popular , and found it in anti-communism . |
| 24 | I dawdled around for a while and then headed south . |
| 25 | With IBM Corp 's stock in the cellar and as hopes dim it will ever again return as the flagship of the US stock market , The New York Times last Sunday 20th was searching around for a successor and came up with — you guessed it — Microsoft Corp . |
| 26 | Edouard , searching around for a replacement , hit on the idea of Hugo Glendinning . |
| 27 | We actually got the rigging up and sailed around for a while in twos — I was with my brother and I thought we managed quite well . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Peering around for a locker where she might find some clothes , she stood . |
| 30 | Only after his ageing parents had died and he was left to manage the dining rooms did he begin to look around for a wife , and Fred smiled bitterly at the memory . |