Example sentences of "around [v-ing] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1	Wander around looking for a boy in half-dead trainers with green Dayglo socks showing through .
2	I sometimes think that if we were back in biblical days and John the Baptist was running around looking for a wilderness he would n't go to the desert he would come to Creggan !
3	For years they suffered in silence while barriers were pranged , concrete bollards damaged and other cars blocked in as the 23-year-old careered around looking for a space in the car park .
4	‘ I do n't go around looking for a job , ’ he said , ‘ though I 'm flattered by the speculation .
5	Our porn challenges the received myths about our love-making , as Gillian Rodgerson pointed out when she argued that lesbians need to produce their own because ‘ then the myth that all lesbian sex is two women lounging around waiting for a man to join them , might finally be exploded . ’
6	But men who 'd probably been men since the age of 14 , when they decided that school was a wank and that , rather than hanging around waiting for a dead-end job , they 'd go out and find their own way to make a living .
7	After positioning the wad in my cheek I sat around waiting for the hit , feeling smug with my new-found anthropological skills .
8	But as to advice — well , do n't just sit around waiting for the telephone to ring .
9	The professionals sat around waiting for the gentlemen to return before the match was called off .
10	We ca n't stand around waiting for the fingerprints man , he could be hours . ’
11	If you just stand around waiting for the enemy to come to you then of course your ladz will get bored , and naturally they 'll start to get a bit fractious , then inevitably they 'll end up failing an Animosity test probably just when you do n't want them to .
12	He flew around hoping for a break in the visibility .
13	We 'd sit around chatting for a bit then go on to whatever was happening that evening .

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