Example sentences of "[v-ing] around in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In that case , why are Dr Darnell and I walking around in one piece ? |
| 2 | A gang walking around in public brandishing bicycle chains could have been convicted . |
| 3 | ‘ I do n't want to be walking around in ten years ' time with people shouting ‘ Loadsamoney ’ at me ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't want to be walking around in ten years ' time with people shouting ‘ Loadsamoney ’ at me ’ |
| 5 | He 's still driving around in that one now . |
| 6 | Before we reached the BUPA hospital in Paddington , I felt I knew every temperature change Salome had gone through in the past five days , what her grandmother — phoning twice daily from Jamaica — thought about life , the universe and young people driving around in fast cars , and how difficult Frank had found going to the launderette . |
| 7 | We 're happiest driving around in beat-up old cars . ’ |
| 8 | He lay on the ground thrashing around in great pain , strange choked gurgling sounds escaping from his throat . |
| 9 | All of them , known and unknown , thrashing around in uncontrolled sexual activity like midnight at a Roman orgy . ’ |
| 10 | Though the Doctor was first out , looking around in calm appraisal , Clairvius Dubois almost knocked him down in his surprisingly sprightly enthusiasm to see what Mait 's home was actually like . |
| 11 | Hens and geese were picking around in two small haystacks and fleets of tiny yellow chickens were half hidden beneath some planking and under the foundations of some rickety sheds . |
| 12 | ‘ I see enough of you and Gesner racing around in that appalling car of his without watching you prancing together on a stage . ’ |
| 13 | The property room looked like a theatrical battlefield with masks and armour lying around in different stages of completion . |
| 14 | And I do n't think everybody 's going around in eastern Europe thinking oh what we need is to get back to the old Stalinist system where you , you know , you had someone telling you what to do all the time . |
| 15 | The Iggy-mimicking singer , having removed his trousers , is prancing around in red underpants as Beast joins him for a rap style duet . |
| 16 | There was nothing to reach for , no aching energy of ambition to move him ; as far as he could see , he was just kicking around in medium comfort and waiting to get old and die . |
| 17 | Small , immature goats suffer most ; they find moving around in deep snow most difficult and demanding . |
| 18 | I 'm just a puppet moving around in prescribed circles . |
| 19 | The habit of moving around in large groups is much commoner in fish than in other kinds of animals . |
| 20 | ‘ While engaged in watching the movements of the several species of the great family of Procellaridae , which at one time often and often surrounded the ships that conveyed me round the world , a bright speck would appear on the distant horizon , and , gradually approaching nearer and nearer , at length assumed the form of the White-headed petrel , whose wing-powers far exceed those of any of its congeners ; at one moment it would be rising high in the air , at the next sweeping comet-like through the flocks flying around ; never , however , approaching the ship sufficiently near for a successful shot , and it was equally wary in avoiding the boat with which I was frequently favoured for the purpose of securing examples of other species ; but , to make use of a familiar adage , the most knowing are taken in at last ’ ’ ; one beautiful morning , the 20th of Feb. 1839 , during my passage from Hobart Town to Sydney , when the sea was perfectly calm and of a glassy smoothness , this wanderer of the ocean came in sight and approached within three hundred yards of the vessel ; anxious to attract him still closer , so as to bring him within range , I thought of the following stratagem : — a corked bottle , attached to a long line , was thrown overboard and allowed to drift to the distance of forty or fifty yards , and kept there until the bird favoured us with another visit , while flying around in immense circles ; at length his keen eye caught sight of the neck of the bottle ( to which a bobbing motion was communicated by sudden jerks of the string ) , and he at once proceeded to examine more closely what it was that had arrested his attention ; during this momentary pause the trigger was pulled , the boat lowered , and the bird was soon in my possession . ’ |
| 21 | Many mechanised units which should be riding around in armoured personnel carriers are still mounted in trucks — some are even reduced to walking . |
| 22 | Much as I love the works of J.R.R. Tolkien , I refuse to call any dog Bilbo Baggins , so Bill he has become ; anyway , the only resemblance between Bill and a hobbit is that both have hairy feet and a liking for grubbing around in sandy holes . |
| 23 | Downstairs in the lobbies , Tories were running around in equal bewilderment over the Speakership . |
| 24 | What other little maggots have you got running around in that fertile brain of yours ? ’ |
| 25 | Running around in ever-decreasing circles |
| 26 | ‘ People do get work that way but it 's horrible to sit and watch at those parties where there 's so much competition and everyone 's running around in tight frocks getting drunk ’ , she says . |
| 27 | Once more , as in the early days , movies were charging around in all directions and not really getting anywhere . |
| 28 | Without bacteria , moulds and fungi , we would all be wading around in undecayed vegetation many miles deep . |
| 29 | Some , like the stonefish , are inconspicuous , while others flaunt their chemical power by sailing around in bright colours that dare you to touch them . |
| 30 | in this same tank the Flameback male was hurtling around in full breeding colours . |