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

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1 In that case , we want to be around for the big money in the fourth , fifth and sixth records .
2 You wo n't be around for the other sessions
3 You 'd think he 'd have told you he would n't be around for the next week or two .
4 ‘ You 'll stay overnight , of course , ’ Agnese had decreed , when it became obvious that they would indeed be around for the party .
5 It is no short-term measure it is the most important development for more than 50 years and it will be around for the next century . ’
6 But if you do n't want it preserved , I think it would be so nice to have in college , if only for next year 's students , and you also would be around for the next two years , I mean if you 're doing , if you 're doing a language erm , option next year , or even a language recitation erm , this would be quite nice material to use for that .
7 ‘ Why did n't my father tell me that you were going to be here ? ’ she asked petulantly , thinking that at least he would only be around during the daytime , and she could avoid him completely without too much trouble .
8 Her age and her resilience suggest that she will be around at the top for at least another Olympiad .
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 I 'd rather be around at the time
12 ‘ 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 .
13 MVS is still supreme in IBM 's view and expected to be around through the decade as a leader .
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 Pinto confirmed that a prototype Alpha box would be around by the end of the year ( UX No 376 ) — other officials said the emergence of shrink-wrapped non-proprietary Unix environments — with the added incentive of Unix System Laboratories Inc 's Destiny and Microsoft Corp NT already scheduled for Alpha — will open up the workstation market sufficiently for it to stake a claim .
16 They will still be around in the year 2000 , ’ he said .
17 ‘ I 'll be around in the summer to show you the ropes , depend upon it .
18 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 .
19 There will be around in the room when they 're doing this any six research students who have experience with the equipment , and a lecturer , and the school teacher who was involved in planning that day 's work .
20 Most SMP vendors believe an efficient and scalable SMP version of Windows NT wo n't be around until the second or third release , which are reportedly scheduled to be rolled-out mid 1993 .
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