Example sentences of "[prep] [be] around [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Biddy was not coming and Nails had no intention of being around at four o'clock ; his expression at Friday lunchtime was grim .
2 In that case , we want to be around for the big money in the fourth , fifth and sixth records .
3 Hooker Phil Kearns , at only 24 , is undoubtedly going to be around for many years to come and successfully led the Australian under-21 team to victory over New Zealand under 21 's four years ago .
4 With the commitment the application and operating system developers are showing , DOS is going to be around for some time yet .
5 But once the kids arrive , then everything changes — now I know I want to be around for a very long time . ’
6 ‘ You may as well accept that he 's going to be around for a while — until he finally accepts that the club 's not for sale .
7 But if you were old enough to be around at the time , reactions like ‘ Well , of course , the political circumstances were such that … ’ , and ‘ Yes , I have to admit I took offence to that ’ are more likely , and cause one to take a more considered and less dogmatic view .
8 He has a useful pedigree in the Birmingham League , can come up with an awkward slanted delivery and hopes to be around at Edgbaston next season .
9 In all three areas the mammals that happened to be around at the start fanned out in evolution , and produced a specialist for each trade which , in many cases , came to bear a remarkable resemblance to the corresponding specialist in the other two areas .
10 Is she the only one who 's going to be around at Christmas ?
11 I 'm not going to be around on Monday .
12 MVS is still supreme in IBM 's view and expected to be around through the decade as a leader .
13 ‘ I plan to be around over the next few weeks while we get this new image launched , and we expect you to be very visible .
14 That has begun shipping to members , and SAG optimistically expects products complying to the specification to be around by the end of year .
15 I do not know the latest medical prognosis of how long he will live , but perhaps he is hoping not to be around in 30 years ' time when the papers become available .
16 Are they going to spend it suddenly in er two years time , or are they expecting not to be around in two years time ?
17 The primitive mammals that happened to be around in the three areas when the dinosaurs more or less simultaneously vacated the great life trades , were all rather small and insignificant , probably nocturnal , previously overshadowed and overpowered by the dinosaurs .
18 going to go into service in the next century , it 's going to be around till well into the next century .
19 They just happened to be around after Mass when volunteers were needed .
20 Perhaps that is why I 'm not all that much attached to being part of a permanent company for too long — I get bored by being around in one place for too long .
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