Example sentences of "[vb past] [v-ing] [adv] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | McLaren then began shopping around for another label , pointedly ignoring Virgin . |
| 2 | ‘ So , I started looking around for another job and heard that Mike Martinez , the agent , was looking for someone to do some secretarial work and some negotiating , and that he preferred English girls for such work . |
| 3 | Shrimp kept going up for some water , trod on Andrew . |
| 4 | No matter how dismally he fared , he kept coming back for more . |
| 5 | But one matter the Society resisted pronouncing on for some time was the question of its own criteria for membership . |
| 6 | He stood looking down for some time . |