Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] around for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I wandered around for a while , casting wistful glances at my tables . |
| 2 | I wandered around for a while , in a bit of a daze , and then strolled back here . |
| 3 | I wandered around for a bit and then came back again . |
| 4 | I dawdled around for a while and then headed south . |
| 5 | I hung around for a while … now I come to think of it , I walked a short way along the path , looking for him . ’ |
| 6 | While Lisabeth was mainlining Cadbury 's Bournville I rummaged around for a sports bag ( one that advertised Marlboro fags , naturally ) and began to pack a spare everything . |
| 7 | I felt around for a switch and threw it down to reveal a stone staircase with iron handrail . |
| 8 | I looked around for a cup . |
| 9 | I could n't let this frail old man go In there and maybe get knocked down and savaged , and I looked around for a means of protection . |
| 10 | I looked around for the changes that Leithen had mentioned . |
| 11 | I sat around for a while , talking to people . |
| 12 | She hung around for a while , looking aimlessly into the shop windows , wondering if she should go and have a coffee in the Franz Joseph , just in case he was there . |
| 13 | She fiddled around for a while , and cursed and muttered before she managed to get one detached . |
| 14 | She looked around for a tool , and found a soldier 's dropped bayonet . |
| 15 | Collecting the ladder from the shed , she searched around for the claw hammer she 'd used before to slot the gutter back under the tiles . |
| 16 | We trudged around for an hour or so , unable to face the thought of lunch , and found another small hotel near Chamartin ( we were going back by train the next day by the last evening train ) . |
| 17 | We floundered around for an hour or so , seeing a few wood sandpipers and dusky redshanks ( who invariably saw us first ) . |
| 18 | Not long afterwards , watching , he saw them appear on the roof They looked around for a moment and then went down . |
| 19 | They looked around for the Indians who 'd helped them set up but they were n't there . |
| 20 | Smiling awkwardly , he cast around for a topic of conversation that was n't personal and had difficulty in finding one . |
| 21 | Blanche 's question woke Dexter from his reverie and he cast around for a photograph of Nicola in the room . |
| 22 | He cast around for a chair , shoved some papers aside with a foot and perched on the edge of an armchair . |
| 23 | He wandered around for a while and ran into a few of the household busy with their duties . |
| 24 | He wandered around for a couple of hours having chats with any of the old fellows who were around the place . ’ |
| 25 | He bumbled around for a bit , trying to coil up the string and push the wood into tidy heaps . |
| 26 | He felt around for the bedside table and the box of matches . |
| 27 | He looked around for a cab . |
| 28 | He looked around for the stables , but could see none . |
| 29 | He looked around for an implement to use and although his eyes were by now accustomed to the gloom he could see nothing suitable . |
| 30 | He searched around for a way of explaining it . |