Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] around for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The company spent some two years casting around for a successor to its best-selling computer and finally came up with a machine called Lisa named after the daughter of the company 's founder Steve Jobs . |
| 2 | The 46-year-old Exeter manager was drafted in for last month 's win over France at Wembley as the England manager cast around for a successor to the disgraced Steve Harrison . |
| 3 | Then she went out into the garden to walk around for a while and before she was aware of her own movements , found herself moving briskly , almost running , up the green slope to the sea . |
| 4 | In this climate , shrewd and sensitive individuals with an instinct for self-preservation looked around for a partner and pair-bonded . |
| 5 | Alice loitered around for a while , and no one came in or out , and she could not see Comrade Andrew through the downstairs windows , for the curtains were drawn . |
| 6 | Having escaped from their field , two goats wandered around for a while until they found themselves in a rubbish dump . |
| 7 | Stewart stayed with him for about an hour and a half and Lamb hung around for a while , but Smith was his main ally and , as the day ebbed away , it seemed as though only the new ball stood between England and a draw . |
| 8 | In Bridget 's case , her subsequent boyfriend stayed around for a year or so until she and her family moved house . |