Example sentences of "around for something " in BNC.
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| 1 | This time he stood in the centre of the room , plainly unsure as to what had brought him in , his eye searching around for something to fasten on , like someone in mid-speech forgetting what they had to say . |
| 2 | ‘ I should think he looked around for something heavy that would take glue , and with all that junk lying around there was bound to be something . |
| 3 | Huy cast around for something to say , and found nothing . |
| 4 | ‘ We have , ’ she agreed numbly , fishing around for something amazingly trivial to say that would lighten the atmosphere . |
| 5 | Woolley sniffed and looked around for something to blow his nose on . |
| 6 | Finlayson searched around for something simple to blood Tribe on . |
| 7 | ‘ It sounds as if you will , ’ said Werewolf , looking around for something else to drink . |