Example sentences of "[noun] look round for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ruth looked round for a clock , but there was no clock in the room . |
| 2 | If Owen looked round for the cameras , North acted throughout as though he was sure they were there . |
| 3 | Ho looked round for the first time at the massed ranks of Glories with their headlights blazing , and the two figures , stark in the hard glaring light of those headlights , seated opposite each other at the stone table under the Monument . |
| 4 | Holmes looked round for another taxi , but could not see one . |
| 5 | Aware that the juvenile-seeming bunch of friends which Sebastian had gathered around him might not be Rosemary 's cup of tea either , Leith looked round for her . |
| 6 | And when they died and the fleas had finished feasting on their blood , which was by then putrid and crawling with the bacilli , the fleas looked round for another host , and if they could not find another rat , or any small hairy creature to their liking , they settled for the next best thing , which was usually human . |
| 7 | As for finding someone of your own age , well , you do n't need to spend your time looking round for someone to replace him with . |
| 8 | Besides , it 'll give me time to look round for something else . ’ |