Example sentences of "[v-ing] around on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet it seems quite certain that our direct ancestors were walking around on two feet with an upright posture like our own at least four million years ago and no creature in the non-human line of descent seems ever to have done that . |
| 2 | Might as well because this is a good time while he 's rushing around on that . |
| 3 | ‘ The Newquay crowd just pose in Beetles covered in stickers and show off to the dodgy girls hanging around on Fistral beach , ’ opines Adam , who claims he 'd only visit the town to compete . |
| 4 | It 's a beautiful valley and if nothing else you can get a close look at some ridiculous overhanging walls decorated with lean supermen ( and women ) swinging around on one finger . |
| 5 | There were another three Jet Skis buzzing around on that part of the river and a few water-skiers with their big-engined speedboats , all creating a fair old racket , but we could still hear William laughing ; the guy thought buying a frighteningly expensive piece of machinery and spending most of your time falling off it into the water was just the most enormous wheeze . |
| 6 | She had seen it staggering around on uncertain legs a few mornings before . |
| 7 | Those too young for sailing still enjoy pottering around the beach and paddling around on old windsurfers , though a parent should stay to look after them and keep them from the nearby road . |
| 8 | Then she mentally shook herself — standing around on this doorstep certainly was n't going to help . |
| 9 | No danger of ambush or sudden death , no creeping around on filtered headlights . |
| 10 | Although the Serbian-dominated federal Yugoslav army claims to have entered Zvornik to restore order , a few soldiers lounging around on two immobile tanks were its only evident presence yesterday . |