cast about vs look around

cast about

verb
  • To try to find; look around; search. 

  • To plan; plot; contrive. 

look around

verb
  • To search a place. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see look, around. 

  • To take note of what is going on; to make oneself aware. 

  • To turn one's head to see what is behind oneself. 

  • To inspect a building or area. 

How often have the words cast about and look around occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )