Example sentences of "about for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Male homosexuals in a large number of cases , says Freud , do not give up the mother and find another woman as sexual object , but they identify with their mother : ‘ he transforms himself into her and now looks about for objects which can replace his ego for him and on which he can bestow such love and care as he has experienced with his mother ’ . |
| 2 | I suppose I was the one that used to run about for errands or whatever . |
| 3 | In my talk I mentioned a number of specific things that Scott had brought about for Scotland as the result of his friendship with George IV . |
| 4 | It was the sort of thing Ezzie could carry on about for hours . |
| 5 | He found it hard to understand what all the fuss was about , what possible pleasure there could be in waving a stick about for hours , catching nothing . |
| 6 | During the evenings he had walked about for hours , pulled at himself , resisted the prostitutes who abounded between here and Primrose Hill ; and all for this continued denial . |
| 7 | ‘ We might wander about for hours and waste a great deal of time . |
| 8 | On one occasion , lashing about for reasons after the event , Raskolnikov cries out ‘ I simply wanted to dare , Sonya , that was my only motive ’ ; and next to ‘ I just did it ’ this must be reckoned his least untrue account of himself and his deed . |
| 9 | Paul went upstairs to change his coat , and Nathan looked about for Mrs Gracie to ask if he might go to visit Dinah . |
| 10 | After the working day they sit down to supper and the master sets the tasks for the morrow : Quoth Maister — Lads , work hard I pray , Cloth mun be peark 'd next market-day , And Tom mun go tomorn to t'spinners , And Will mun seek about for t'swingers ; And Jack tomorn , by time be rising , And go t'sizing mill for sizing , And get your web and warping done That ye may get it into loom . |
| 11 | There is some very cheap stuff about for things like the Fifteen Twelve and Sixteen Forty . |
| 12 | The early canals were contour canals , winding about for miles in order to circumvent a hill ; but the later ones were made as straight as possible by means of cuttings and embankments . |
| 13 | The visit had been known about for weeks . |
| 14 | We had the usual half-hour hanging about for Kerrison . |
| 15 | Barclays Bank in Britain has been casting about for months for a chief executive . |
| 16 | Nobody really knows , it 's been discussed , argued about for years and years and years . |
| 17 | Harrison leapt up instantly to hold out his hand and immediately looked about for Mary and shook his head . |
| 18 | But the next day was doleful : Mr Evans in a bad mood because he had eaten too much and Auntie Lou tiptoeing about for fear of making things worse and so annoying him further . |
| 19 | The subsequent televised hearings exposed no Communist infiltrators , and made plain to millions the viciousness of McCarthy as he cast about for victims . |
| 20 | He thought I was lashing about for excuses . |
| 21 | He started fussing about for seats . |
| 22 | Hanging about for Kevin |
| 23 | It 'll be the kind of place you might walk out of as brisk and easy as a knife cutting butter , or you might very well wander about for days , well , weeks even , without finding a proper door . |
| 24 | This sent them on their way without having to trouble too much over casting about for tracks . |