Example sentences of "cast around for " in BNC.
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| 31 | Well , the shah did fall , and the bureaucrats started casting around for a replacement . |
| 32 | Seems Novell Inc missed a first call of the open systems boat back in its dim and distant proprietary past , when Reading , Berkshire-based X/Open Co Ltd was casting around for inter face technology that could tie personal computer networks into open systems . |
| 33 | Final configuration and pricing has yet to be finalised , the firm says , and it is still casting around for a name , although Series 200 has been mooted . |
| 34 | For a moment it was as if he was casting around for suitable names , and then suddenly he was looking past Alexei towards Jehan . |
| 35 | The news when Rain reached the office was that Tavett was again being questioned by the police ; there were insistent rumours of a row between Maureen and Barron ; the freedom of speech people were muttering obscenities because their latest attempt at a cartoon had been rejected ; and the Patriotic Ten were casting around for a fresh mind to help them get their statement into publishable form . |
| 36 | When first envisaged , then , the lectures were not seen as the core of a forthcoming book , even though ( with their Wagnerian connection ) they bore on his current preoccupation — and even though he was currently casting around for a subject for a book . |
| 37 | Casting around for members |
| 38 | Casting around for a safe topic , she remembered that she had not introduced herself . |