Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] around [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ideally , I suppose , we should look around for the thickest available development of a particular unit if we are to find anything approaching continuous sedimentation . |
| 2 | There are many different styles of kung fu practised in the world today ; so a beginner should look around before deciding which of them best suits his particular requirements . |
| 3 | Former full-time housewives should search around for evidence of skills other than domestic ones . |
| 4 | So we must look around for phenomena that occur every 150 million years or so . |
| 5 | A composer is haunted by certain themes , subjects or moods , and he must look around for the stories or dramatic vehicles he needs to bring these themes to life as musical theatre . |
| 6 | Their main argument is that the World Cup should move around on a rotational basis , but having staged the first three tournaments , other countries have some catching up to do before it returns to these shores . |
| 7 | It is generally accepted in the 1990s that no academic library can be self-sufficient , and that academics must move around for materials ( see Chapter 11 on ‘ weeding ’ ) . |
| 8 | I sometimes think he must walk around in blinkers . ’ |
| 9 | Do not say ‘ Oh I must get around to phoning Fred or Millie ’ and just keep putting it off . |
| 10 | The second point is on correspondence , I 'm absolutely certain that when a member of public writes in to any department , not necessarily highway , he expects and needs an immediate response , now I know you have , you have started the acknowledgement of our system , but I think it 's , it does n't go far enough , an acknowledgement card that simply says the thing is received and is receiving attention , needs to then indicate the individual to whom that matter has been passed for attention and that leads me to the third point and I think the general complaint on the public is that local government is seen as faceless people and I think we have to get in our mind to name people within our department , there 's not one mention about it in our promise , I think we need , unless I 've not read it , but I think , I think we , yes , but I think we need to mention people by name , senior people within the department who will respond to particular things and certainly where public comes into contact within the offices we must get around to wearing a name badge who says who that person is , people want to relate to a person and I think we can do that if we try . |
| 11 | It should come as no surprise then , that some of those who see bolting as fundamentally reducing the experience I 've outlined above , and which is our common heritage , should cast around for some solid arguments to counter its spread . |
| 12 | We might have a silly name , stupid haircuts and we might jump around like idiots , but we 're not irrelevant . ’ |
| 13 | We might have a silly name , stupid haircuts and we might jump around like idiots , but we 're not irrelevant . ’ |
| 14 | Peter erm you 'll see around from time to time , he does all the design stuff erm and Christine erm looks after all the hangings and and stuff . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'll go around by the highway . |
| 16 | You would think that one of us might scurry around for a new word instead of accepting linguistic hand-me-downs . |
| 17 | ‘ Have n't read it myself yet , but I 'll get around to it — I sure will . ’ |
| 18 | Yeah I 'll get around to it . |
| 19 | Well almost I got the cupboard done and I got the tiles lying by the side of the hob , but they have n't yet been cut to fit erm and glued down but one of these day 's he 'll get around to it . |
| 20 | You 'll come around to my way of thinking before you 're much older . |
| 21 | By now he was concerned with practical details : ‘ You might scout around for mesh stockings ! |
| 22 | As for Peter and Pat Lawford , they fixed it so that John Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe could screw around without Jackie finding out . |
| 23 | ‘ There was a time when we could look around at the Commonwealth , the Empire , other countries and we would see very soft markets for British exports . |
| 24 | Well , he could look around in time . |
| 25 | They 'd haunt the alleys behind bakeries , they 'd help themselves from uncollected deliveries , they 'd stick around on the embankment for midnight handouts from the Salvation Army and the Krishna Temple . |
| 26 | Before he came along we 'd mess around with songs like ‘ Build Me Up Buttercup ’ , with me fiddling around on a little clavinet that we 'd found knocking around somewhere and Steve singing . |
| 27 | You could walk around at 3am without fear . |
| 28 | Diane was just thinking that she 'd go around to the back and see how the Venetz sisters were getting along with the buffet , when somebody moved in and stood beside her ; Pete McCarthy , wearing a more-or-less new jacket and a pleasant smile , his tie already undone . |
| 29 | And as soon as they 'd finished questioning the Tomorrowman 's barman about the beer mat heist , they 'd get around to the rest . |
| 30 | One could play around with the word ad nauseam ; then , the next thing that we would be arguing about is the place of the potato in English folklore . |