Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] around for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Type Report on Yugoslav Spitfires by Peter Arnold in the April issue ( p70 ) evoked many memories for me and caused me to rummage around for some half-forgotten photos of nearly half a century ago , and there it was , Mk VcJK808 ‘ B ’ with yours truly in attendance . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's what I hang around for all day , ’ said the poet , ‘ when your mother is doing something useful . ’ |
| 3 | I stuck around for another seven years for the children 's sake but it was very unsatisfactory . |
| 4 | I looked around for this other speaker , this eminent historian who had been right in the middle of the action , this acute analyst who assembled with such thoroughness the material I too had worked on , who had packed it into enlightening and readable volumes . |
| 5 | I can promise you , however , that if you walk around for three weeks with a chest pain , fearing a heart attack at the age of 43 , and you are told you have a hiatus hernia you feel a great relief . |
| 6 | If you look around for some field that has yet to be used in a crime story and then insist on using it when it has not filled you with enthusiasm , your book will be leaden . |
| 7 | Did you search around for any other reasons , such as the mention of a possible strategic reserve ? |
| 8 | She searched around for further words to express her grief , but could find none , and kept repeating herself . |
| 9 | After we got over the shock we asked around for other quotes and came up with an initial estimate of £1,000 plus parts , subject to what is found when the engine is taken out , from John Cutler Marine Engineers who were recommended by Sigma Yachts . |
| 10 | We look around for white holes and can find none . |
| 11 | They look around for other explanations and ulterior motives . |
| 12 | They wander around for forty years in the wilderness ! |
| 13 | He wandered around for fifteen minutes examining the piping , whistling quietly to himself , stopping occasionally to put his ear to a joint , and then pulled a hammer out of his tool-bag and tapped smartly on one particular valve . |
| 14 | He looked around for some measure of comparison . |
| 15 | In desperation , it searched around for additional incentives . |