Example sentences of "[v-ing] around for the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Someone must have done some extensive informing , because MacLane picked Susan and me out of the crowd without even the pretence of looking around for the usual suspects . |
| 2 | Things were n't going well for the American studios , either at home or in the UK , and they became increasingly desperate , hunting around for the winning formula some had lost and others never found . |
| 3 | Novell Inc Japan , which will be Univel Inc 's distributor there , is n't waiting around for the Japanese version of UnixWare to start its assault on the market . |
| 4 | It went without saying that he did n't want to be seen , but it was worth the extra discomfort of hanging around for the extra information that he might pick up . |
| 5 | The chub flit in and out of the weed like silent ghosts , grubbing for food , seeking shelter from the bright sun , and sometimes just playing around for the sheer hell of it . |