Example sentences of "around for [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 The company spent some two years casting around for a successor to its best-selling computer and finally came up with a machine called Lisa named after the daughter of the company 's founder Steve Jobs .
3 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 .
4 Just such a product has been introduced into the UK , although it has been around for a while in the US , under the generic name InteSoft .
5 We actually got the rigging up and sailed around for a while in twos — I was with my brother and I thought we managed quite well .
6 He searched around for a way of explaining it .
7 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 ’ .
8 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 ’ .
9 The Ox has been around for a couple of months , but the new host of the Tips Clinic is Dr Butcher .
10 MARKETING MOVES aside , the fact that Radiohead have barred themselves from the 3,000-sales-and-you're-a-star indie party by signing to EMI means that , as stunning as ‘ Creep ’ sounds , it 'll probably chart at about Number 74 , hang around for a couple of weeks and fall back out again without so much as a whimper .
11 I have n't seen you around for a couple of days . "
12 He wandered around for a couple of hours having chats with any of the old fellows who were around the place . ’
13 Eyeing the police car , she wondered whether it belonged to Officer Hassan and whether it was worth hanging around for a word with him .
14 Smiling awkwardly , he cast around for a topic of conversation that was n't personal and had difficulty in finding one .
15 Mr Gregory could be looking around for a job at the moment . ’
16 Blanche 's question woke Dexter from his reverie and he cast around for a photograph of Nicola in the room .
17 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 .
18 Casting around for a task for the Crown Prince , Palace advisers had considered putting him to work leading a development campaign within the Commonwealth , before the inner-city initiative seized his imagination .
19 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 . ’
20 Cotterell nodded and started looking around for a piece of paper .
21 He now firmly refutes suggestions that he is unhappy with the Yorkshire set-up and is looking around for a move to another county .
22 Even if he makes it he wo n't be up and around for a month at least . ’
23 She and Hattie said they were coming around for a cup of tea .
24 Now , I 've been around for a lot of years and I know a bad girl when I see one .
25 I fumble around for the rest of my kit and fall over Shelagh , who is shining a torch gingerly in one of her boots .
26 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 ?
27 The beard algae had survived because the Flying Foxes had discovered that scavenging for algae was a poor way to live , compared with waiting around for the food for the Clown Loaches to arrive — and then nipping in smartish while the Loaches were still bumbling about .
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