Example sentences of "around for [art] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | He searched around for a way of explaining it . |
| 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 | 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 ’ . |
| 4 | The Ox has been around for a couple of months , but the new host of the Tips Clinic is Dr Butcher . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I have n't seen you around for a couple of days . " |
| 7 | He wandered around for a couple of hours having chats with any of the old fellows who were around the place . ’ |
| 8 | Smiling awkwardly , he cast around for a topic of conversation that was n't personal and had difficulty in finding one . |
| 9 | Blanche 's question woke Dexter from his reverie and he cast around for a photograph of Nicola in the room . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . ’ |
| 12 | Cotterell nodded and started looking around for a piece of paper . |
| 13 | She and Hattie said they were coming around for a cup of tea . |
| 14 | Now , I 've been around for a lot of years and I know a bad girl when I see one . |
| 15 | I fumble around for the rest of my kit and fall over Shelagh , who is shining a torch gingerly in one of her boots . |
| 16 | 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 ? |