Example sentences of "[to-vb] around for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He also points out that the expedition led by himself and Clark had assembled ‘ the best people , worldwide , and the top people ca n't afford to stand around for a couple of years waiting for research to happen ’ . |
| 2 | He also points out that the expedition led by himself and Clark had assembled ‘ the best people , worldwide , and the top people ca n't afford to stand around for a couple of years waiting for research to happen ’ . |
| 3 | Only after his ageing parents had died and he was left to manage the dining rooms did he begin to look around for a wife , and Fred smiled bitterly at the memory . |
| 4 | Wants to look around for the wallet while I 'm not here , thought Joe . |
| 5 | Unfortunately , if you got too close to him you were tempted to look around for the source of the odour — perhaps there was an overdressed salad in the vicinity ? |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Mr Moynihan should even now be pressing the football authorities to cast around for an island where The Problem can be contained . |
| 8 | Older systems may require you to hunt around for a disk that contains a BIOS setup program . |
| 9 | They are scarcely free to shop around for the officer who would give them the easiest time . |
| 10 | She 's dead , only she 'll be able to move around for a bit longer . |
| 11 | For two months Alison was a counsellor looking after American children at a camp in Pennsylvania , after which she was free to travel around for a month . |