Example sentences of "round for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She looked round for approbation at this feat of memory but there was none . |
| 2 | I mean just read round for fun yo and see if there 's anything that sticks and if you get chance to use it in an exam , do Okay , then it says develop a stock of gems . |
| 3 | ‘ He likes the way they suddenly drop the whole interlocking tangle of folding and faulting and erosion , and stroll round for lunch in the pub they 've adopted . |
| 4 | He likes the way they suddenly drop the whole interlocking tangle of folding and faulting and erosion , and stroll round for lunch in the pub they 've adopted . |
| 5 | And she said oh Vicky goes in the afternoons too , d' you fancy coming round for lunch after you drop Oliver off on Wednesday . |
| 6 | Looks round for escape from this man who is obviously a few co-ordinates short of a bearing , and starts to back away slowly . |
| 7 | She jumped to her feet , looking wildly round for escape , but he stood directly between her and the door . |
| 8 | Although for a man a stab wage was invariably better than piece-rates , it could sometimes be the other way round for women . |
| 9 | Children and church helpers spent Saturday afternoon making certain there were enough traditional Mothering Sunday posies to go round for mothers of all ages . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm sorry if it did n't provide a job for you , ’ he said , relieved , and looked round for Amanda , who had used the surface tension of the moment to walk away . |
| 11 | ‘ Look … ’ she began in a cool voice , glancing round for Tara , who seemed to have disappeared into the house , ‘ when I used the phrase ‘ playing gooseberry ’ , I was referring to my staying at Hummingbird House . |
| 12 | She looked round for support . |
| 13 | We go two lads there with hardly any work on me and Jan are alright now we got a third person Graham has n't got much on and er Ri Richard 's scraping round for work , so of course my ears pricked up like so I thought , Mike sensed that I 'd looked up and he looked at me and er so I just looked back he said God , God had never invented a woman with small ears ! |
| 14 | She can come round for quarter an hour if she wants . |
| 15 | He looked round for inspiration . |
| 16 | I could search round for papers on it . |
| 17 | He looked round for Catherine and found she had vanished . |
| 18 | Come and tell me about this morning , ’ He looked round for Catherine to discover that with admirable good sense she had asked for the facilities of the house , and was being issued with soap and hand-towels by Miss Williams . |
| 19 | Looking round for Blackberry , he saw that he had left them and was up at the top of the pool , where the narrow beach tailed away into a gravel spit . |
| 20 | The driver twisted his head round for instructions and Tait told him gently to carry on . |
| 21 | Howard meets Phil Schaffer in various pubs , down there in the sea of lights — Phil knows the city intimately already — and they walk round for hours , talking and yawning and doing joky things . |
| 22 | With the reserves winning 2-1 at Falkirk to stay top of the Premier Reserve League , it was a good day all round for Hearts , though one disappointment for chairman Wallace Mercer was that the game at Tynecastle was watched by just over 7,000 . |
| 23 | He found himself looking round for Slater as she put one hand on the mantelpiece and slipped her shoe back on , fastening the strap again . |
| 24 | Even when a cabinet minister he found time to write round for subscriptions for the Birmingham Unionists and to attend their routine meetings . |
| 25 | You see when Jane Pargeter told me , I suddenly looked round for Nicola at the party . |
| 26 | I often invite people round for Sunday morning drinks — a pre-lunch sherry , for instance . |
| 27 | ‘ Where 's that ole thing ? ’ said Tom , looking round for Sammy . |
| 28 | If she had still been in love with Finn , Lydia would not now be casting round for ways to entertain herself . |
| 29 | Kenneth glanced at him , then looked round for Lachlan Watt ; he was sitting on a distant chair , a plate of food balanced on his knees , talking to Shona Watt , his sister-in-law . |
| 30 | Gazzer got up hastily , looking round for Marie . |