Example sentences of "around for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | In desperation , it searched around for additional incentives . |
| 32 | While there is no evidence that either attempted to widen its options to the extent of shopping around for nuclear alternatives , both certainly took steps in the direction of nuclear-reactor installation , whether for research or power generation . |
| 33 | It is an ASTONISHING piece of equipment — and I long to know how to use other design and text layout programmes which can be purchased and loaded into it , but want to cast around for sound advice as the programmes cost significant sums each . |
| 34 | We can adapt our theories , or cast around for fresh ones , to suit our intuitions . |
| 35 | The second innovation was to look around for offshore oil facilities , island bases or production platforms on which the air force could station helicopters , equipped with missiles , sometimes improvised Maverick anti-tank models . |
| 36 | As a result , when it comes to his turn to be on top of his wife again , he falls down backwards on to her ( 4281 ) , the wrong way around for sexual intercourse , as she sleeps with John after their night-time labours . |
| 37 | They are happy rooting around for Fly Agaric toadstools in a farmer 's back garden until he sets the dogs on them , and would be miserable if you dragged them up anything taller than a caravan . |
| 38 | So we were looking around for interesting stuff to push — sounds like drugs , eh ? — he-he-he ! — and someone mentions Walter Machin . |
| 39 | He sucked in lungfuls of the cool fresh air and looked around for human habitation . |
| 40 | We look around for white holes and can find none . |
| 41 | Well it I mean already , it is having quite an im impact erm especially for items like furniture and bedding , and I mean bedding does n't last for ever , especially with a family , and I know erm they 're allowed every so often , but erm I mean I think erm the the cutbacks are becoming more and more and more and and people seem to be which means that we have to look around for voluntary erm agencies that ca such as , who can provide us with furniture or beds and bedding . |