Example sentences of "hang around " in BNC.
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| 1 | When you 've botched a job a dozen times you do n't hang around waiting to try one more time , you abandon it . |
| 2 | But we do talk and what I know is you are essentially a decent and totally wonderful human being and I 'll hang around a long time for you . |
| 3 | ‘ Leaseholders wo n't hang around for 16 years in a pub , because leases can be sold on . |
| 4 | Kaurismaki does n't hang around either : dispensing with longueurs ( Ariel runs 74 minutes , B-movie length ) , he traces the man 's unsuccessful search for work and inevitable lapse into petty crime with clipped , deadpan comedy . |
| 5 | I did n't hang around to take the blame , just worked that day out and sloped off home . |
| 6 | All of us would hang around together . |
| 7 | Do n't hang around . |
| 8 | Realizing the extent of the betrayal , it was clear to both of them that they could not hang around so close to the target area hoping for survivors . |
| 9 | John likes to keep the horses separate so that they do n't kick each other , but Hopscotch often jumps into Milton 's paddock to keep him company ; and sometimes if the weather is bad , one of the children 's ponies is turned out with him , otherwise Milton , who is a bit of a softy , will hang around by the gate in the hope that someone will take pity on him and take him back to his warm stable . |
| 10 | Researchers who were interested in people 's views on blood sports could either hang around waiting for respondents spontaneously to bring the subject up , or they could ask directed questions about this on a structured questionnaire , taking care to ask everybody exactly the same question . |
| 11 | They bill us for PAYE and VAT , and they do n't hang around . |
| 12 | Why should she hang around on a window seat in the middle of the night ? |
| 13 | The people that you hang around with would be the people that he would hang around with … and so on . |
| 14 | ‘ OK , we have enough daylight left if we do n't hang around . |
| 15 | Tackling a black run in a blizzard was a worry , but when you only have a long weekend you ca n't hang around for the sun to shine . |
| 16 | They 'll jump to your tune , but it 's unlikely that they 'll hang around to hear the final Act of the opera . |
| 17 | You do n't hang around to say ‘ Sorry , mate . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I ca n't hang around in here if it 's coming that soon ! ’ said Masklin , all thoughts of his duty to the nomes of the world temporarily forgotten . |
| 19 | They would n't hang around if the humans came . |
| 20 | Realizing I could n't hang around on the dole forever waiting for the Tate Gallery to offer me an exhibition , and also that my boyfriend , also on the dole , was not likely to be able to support me , I decided to go for further training . |
| 21 | Do n't hang around here ’ . |
| 22 | Whatever it was looking for , we did n't hang around to find out . |
| 23 | I did n't hang around with her much anyway . |
| 24 | There was a girl called Carmen , she was the queen Reject , she just let me hang around with them so she could sneer at me for being a moony . |
| 25 | So do n't hang around … get stuck in ! |
| 26 | I knew that a dead man could not harm me , but did n't hang around to test the theory . |
| 27 | Retirement seems fashionable this season : next to go is Interleaf Corp CEO David Boucher who will hang around as chairman but give up his CEO role to company president Mark Ruport . |
| 28 | This is odd as over 85 per cent of Saabs , including Carlssons , are sold to business users , who presumably do not hang around outside nightclubs in the evening . |
| 29 | I ca n't hang around with anyone , if I hang around with anyone that 's a smackhead for more than a couple of days , then it 's going to be tempting , so I 've got to keep meself away from them . |
| 30 | ‘ You might as well hang around for as long as you can . ’ |