Example sentences of "around for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Probably recommendable chiefly to Britflick completists and producers shopping around for cheap talent . |
| 2 | Eventually , satisfied that he had found what he wanted , the Doctor halted , waving the box around for final confirmation . |
| 3 | HOLY Week is a time when many people look around for devotional reading , and I suppose we should be grateful to the Observer for drawing attention to a ‘ dirty ’ book on sex for Catholics which has been written by the 30-year-old retiring editor of the Catholic Herald and a friend . |
| 4 | But he added : ‘ I 've been around for 30-odd years so I 'd like to it was down to all my TV work . |
| 5 | We can do exactly the same : look around for good ambush spots as you run , places which give you cover so that you can jump out and completely surprise your attacker as he rushes past . |
| 6 | The research concluded that , in some respects , patients could and did behave like consumers in a marketplace , shopping around for good quality care . |
| 7 | Shop around for good fish ; active and robust , with well-developed fins and good colour . |
| 8 | Once you have thoroughly reorganized your existing storage you can look around for new surfaces to conquer . |
| 9 | But he was advised to start looking around for other work . |
| 10 | Not everyone unfortunately has children so you may have to cast around for other members of the family . |
| 11 | Now the Board had to pay for Whiterock College , this could mean reducing the budget all around for other Colleges . |
| 12 | They look around for other explanations and ulterior motives . |
| 13 | After we got over the shock we asked around for other quotes and came up with an initial estimate of £1,000 plus parts , subject to what is found when the engine is taken out , from John Cutler Marine Engineers who were recommended by Sigma Yachts . |
| 14 | Please could you confirm this is all OK , as if it is n't I shall be looking around for other people as my financial situation gets monthly more worrying ! |
| 15 | So why should we still be looking around for suitable composts ? |
| 16 | When the blacksmith decides to make some new tongs for himself , he may just look around for suitable pieces of scrap which he will then fashion into the desired tools . |
| 17 | For a moment it was as if he was casting around for suitable names , and then suddenly he was looking past Alexei towards Jehan . |
| 18 | Archbishop Fisher and Archbishop Garbett of York started to look around for scholarly clergymen and hovered over various names , ail of whom taught then or had taught in universities . |
| 19 | But when someone tried to test the security of the spare wheel attached to the side of the body by pulling at it roughly and then , intrigued by the pair of leather driving-gauntlets resting on the front seat , fitted them on and passed them around for general examination he decided it was time to leave . |
| 20 | Some people think that having reasons for faith is an insult to God , as if we were desperately grubbing around for make-shift reasons to believe in him . |
| 21 | Japan looked around for diplomatic support , but this was not forthcoming from either Britain or the United States . |
| 22 | Snuffling around for untapped niche markets , Unipalm Ltd , based in Cambridge , has come up with Mail-it , a Microsoft Windows-to-Unix connectivity E-mail package . |
| 23 | These factors , coupled with the abolition of scale charges for conveyancing , caused the lawyers to cast around for alternative sources of income . |
| 24 | Unable to mobilize peasant support , the revolutionaries cast around for alternative strategies . |
| 25 | If their treasurers have n't yet written to you it may well be because they are busy shopping around for alternative banking services — as indeed I am . |
| 26 | few would deny that the CMHTs almost immediately ran into problems due to the squeeze on local authority budgets and found themselves scrabbling around for alternative resources ; |
| 27 | We discussed erm erm other places for people to meet et cetera has actually been closed down , some some problem with the is n't it , erm but they ca n't use it for the public so erm that was , it was just left that we 'll have another meeting in March and looking around for alternative places to meet , but that 's all to report on that . |
| 28 | Seems Novell Inc missed a first call of the open systems boat back in its dim and distant proprietary past , when Reading , Berkshire-based X/Open Co Ltd was casting around for inter face technology that could tie personal computer networks into open systems . |
| 29 | In desperation , it searched around for additional incentives . |
| 30 | While there is no evidence that either attempted to widen its options to the extent of shopping around for nuclear alternatives , both certainly took steps in the direction of nuclear-reactor installation , whether for research or power generation . |