Example sentences of "[pers pn] around [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Have n't seen you around for a while . ’ |
| 2 | I have n't seen you around for a couple of days . " |
| 3 | Should be easy , he decided , you broke the eggs , bashed them around with a fork , not spilling them over yourself if you could help it , then put them in the frying-pan . |
| 4 | And delivering them around on a Friday night and Saturday morning . |
| 5 | The females lay eggs in early summer and carry them around in a special brood pouch on the underside of the thorax . |
| 6 | She lets me furl her around for a while , and makes those shammy gasps she knows I like , and gives detailed promise of all that cocked and candid talent — before she calls a halt , slithers off the bed , corrects her clothing , brushes her hair , changes her shoes , powders her nose , slides my Johnson out of her mouth and insists on lunch . |
| 7 | Vimla now took centre-stage , while Panna grabbed an unwilling daughter-in-law and whirled her around in a waltz for a few steps . |
| 8 | for many years and I wheeled her around in a , in a |
| 9 | Formatting to the rear of the Rallye , Legg established radio contact , and gently eased Anderson through a series of power adjustments and manoeuvres to make a practice approach at Cardiff before bringing him around for a successful , damage- and injury-free landing . |
| 10 | If he let Firelight out of her box she would follow him around like a dog . |
| 11 | He hit Tanner in the stomach , a short punch to wind him , then snapped him around in a half-nelson and throat-hold . |
| 12 | ‘ Because I 've had it around for a lot longer than I care to tell you . |
| 13 | He waved it around in a manner that threatened to do someone a serious injury . |
| 14 | The waiter brought the champagne and thumped it around in a bucket of ice to persuade us that it had n't come out of the refrigerator . |