Example sentences of "around [v-ing] [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't suppose old Pope Leo the Tenth sat around gazing at the latest thing he 'd just commissioned from Michelangelo , for instance . |
| 2 | Look at the source : Of course , BP and the rest of the plastics industry have n't been sitting around waiting for the environmental debate on waste to start . |
| 3 | Any decent sized salmon would be bound to show itself as it moved around waiting for the next tide to free it . |
| 4 | ‘ There is nothing worse than players hanging around waiting for the next instruction . |
| 5 | It would benefit no one if we all sat around moping for the next week . |