Example sentences of "look around for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looks around for a moment , pleased as punch , then realizes that his fellow group members have all heard it a dozen times before . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Willie had looked around for the twins and George , but they were nowhere to be seen . |
| 6 | In that state they became ‘ sylvan demons ’ , ‘ either falling into a deep slumber or looking around for a fight . ’ |
| 7 | At the door which led back on to the landing he was looking around for a prop or a wedge to pin it open when he thought of the parcel that he 'd been hugging since the zoo . |
| 8 | He now firmly refutes suggestions that he is unhappy with the Yorkshire set-up and is looking around for a move to another county . |
| 9 | Of course , I 'll have to do an internship first , then a stint as a registrar before I can even think of looking around for a practice of my own . ’ |
| 10 | Mr Gregory could be looking around for a job at the moment . ’ |
| 11 | Cotterell nodded and started looking around for a piece of paper . |
| 12 | Up for re-election in 1952 , he was looking around for a cause that would be electorally popular , and found it in anti-communism . |
| 13 | Could she really have been reading that ? he wondered , looking around for the novel stuffed behind a cushion . |
| 14 | For many people it is a matter of looking around for the car they want and then frantically trying to arrange the finance , whilst the ‘ offer ’ still holds . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Wants to look around for the wallet while I 'm not here , thought Joe . |
| 17 | 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 ? |
| 18 | A composer is haunted by certain themes , subjects or moods , and he must look around for the stories or dramatic vehicles he needs to bring these themes to life as musical theatre . |
| 19 | ‘ At Elland Road I was expected to go and win the ball and that was about all they liked ! ! — get the ball up to the big front men and look around for the knock downs ’ ( Batts obviously did nt look very hard cos he did nt find many ! ! ) |
| 20 | He began to tidy it up and look around for the plastic bag . |
| 21 | Kenne gulped , and looked around for a way out . |
| 22 | Ruth surveyed the freshly-turned earth and looked around for a flower she could place on the grave , but it was the last day of December and there was nothing in bloom . |
| 23 | He looked around for a cab . |
| 24 | In this climate , shrewd and sensitive individuals with an instinct for self-preservation looked around for a partner and pair-bonded . |
| 25 | She looked around for a tool , and found a soldier 's dropped bayonet . |
| 26 | Not long afterwards , watching , he saw them appear on the roof They looked around for a moment and then went down . |
| 27 | I could n't let this frail old man go In there and maybe get knocked down and savaged , and I looked around for a means of protection . |
| 28 | I looked around for a cup . |
| 29 | They looked around for the Indians who 'd helped them set up but they were n't there . |
| 30 | I looked around for the changes that Leithen had mentioned . |