Example sentences of "[verb] round for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first attempt was almost a disaster , but he got the plane up again and came round for a second shot . |
| 2 | She did that for half an hour and he only came round for a short time . |
| 3 | Whilst the lawyers were still sorting out his mothers estate he started looking round for a suitable business . |
| 4 | I think I 've enough of my own without looking round for a few more . ’ |
| 5 | And while she 's on the job , she 'd better look round for a well-born filly for Timothy to marry . |
| 6 | ‘ These stories have been going round for a long time , and they grow with the telling . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Dutch elm disease is a terrible thing , ’ said Mr Molesworth , corning round for a second time . |
| 8 | The crowd pressed round for a better view . |
| 9 | But the children soon settle down and gather round for a closer look at Caesar a 12ft long Burmese python . |
| 10 | I looked round for a split second . |
| 11 | Like many footballers at the twilight of their careers , Rough looked round for a suitable business interest and eventually opened his own shop in Musselburgh . |
| 12 | I looked round for a living man to admire and follow . |
| 13 | She looked round for a plain grave . |