Example sentences of "[verb] around [prep] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | As so often on this tour , Rubin Smith and Lamb were the main architects , both playing aggressively after David Smith , flown out to replace the injured Gooch , had hung around for some time to get accustomed to the conditions only to get a bruised thumb in the process . |
| 2 | After waiting around for some considerable time to see if there was any chance that Elector Carl Theodor would offer him even a temporary appointment , Mozart was informed that it was not to be . |
| 3 | If you look around for some field that has yet to be used in a crime story and then insist on using it when it has not filled you with enthusiasm , your book will be leaden . |
| 4 | The day is gone when a girl waits around till some man needs a wife . |
| 5 | He just knocked around with some very funny looking women . |
| 6 | ‘ You 've been making a fool of yourself , dripping around like some lovesick teenager . |
| 7 | A gang of girls I met in Coventry hanging around with some boys who , like them , were unemployed , said that when they were younger they did a bit of vandalising : " When I got pissed I smashed the windows of posh houses , " said one of them . |
| 8 | Type Report on Yugoslav Spitfires by Peter Arnold in the April issue ( p70 ) evoked many memories for me and caused me to rummage around for some half-forgotten photos of nearly half a century ago , and there it was , Mk VcJK808 ‘ B ’ with yours truly in attendance . |
| 9 | So , being a nosey bugger , which I am , I went into David 's room and looked around for some evidence of what actually might have happened that weekend because I was completely stunned . |
| 10 | Jane looked around for some other inhabitants . |
| 11 | He looked around for some measure of comparison . |
| 12 | Well basically erm , I go around in some of the streets and try and help people , families who have missed they 've lost their chi , erm lost people and try and reunite them . |
| 13 | It should come as no surprise then , that some of those who see bolting as fundamentally reducing the experience I 've outlined above , and which is our common heritage , should cast around for some solid arguments to counter its spread . |
| 14 | Meryl could sense the woman 's agitation and anger , and cast around for some diversion . |
| 15 | One day we were poking around in some sodden ashes by the rear exit and found a few slivers of celluloid with images on them . |
| 16 | He looked , little doubt of it , considerably relieved , but clearly there was something on his mind , for he stood hesitantly beside the table , his eyes scouting around for some object upon which to focus . |
| 17 | It would be wise to start rallying around for some back up ! |