Example sentences of "[vb pp] around for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | As the mandroids calmly gassed the beaked exter and carted them both off to be flung into the street , I slid on to one of the unstained seats at the table and cheerfully looked around for a servaton . |
2 | Whether the quartet actively looked around for a site is not known but in 1905 they formed a syndicate by joining with two other men — J. A. Rawlins and F. E. Theodor — who were already buying and selling land for development in the Shiplake and Harpsden areas and whose earlier purchases included Bolney Court , Lower Bolney Farm and Upper Bolney Farm . |
3 | Aware that there was no accepted path for women in deacons ' orders in the Church of England , she had nevertheless looked around for a curacy which would put her in possession of solid parish experience . |
4 | Willie had looked around for the twins and George , but they were nowhere to be seen . |
5 | if you were off to do something and being mucked around for the day , in n it ? |
6 | 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 . |
7 | As far as I know computers have not yet been brought to bear on the Synoptic Problem which has been tossed around for a century . |