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 . |
| 21 | Erm , first of all , what if the abuser and the abused are around about the same age ? |
| 22 | ‘ I always seem to do my best when the big players are around on the big occasion , not at smaller tournaments like these . ’ |
| 23 | If you ask medical staff how often they have seen someone die , rather than if they have been around at the time , surprisingly few will say they witnessed the actual event . |
| 24 | ‘ On my fourteenth birthday — you 've always been around at the most important moments in my life , Harry . ’ |
| 25 | Had he been around at the time of my capture I do n't believe I 'd have made it very far . |
| 26 | For those of us old enough to have been around at the time of the birth of rock ‘ n ’ roll , the idea of an advanced course in the music which made both us and our parents jump ( but in opposite directions ) may be hard to accommodate . |
| 27 | If International had been around at the time of the Vikings , there 's little doubt whose paint would have been used to keep those marauding longships in prime condition . |
| 28 | Although direct debits and cash dispenser machines had been around since the late 1960s , promotion campaigns made them farmore popular during the mid-1980s . |
| 29 | Hand dragged furniture had been around since the 18th century . |
| 30 | We 've never jumped on the bandwagon 'cos it 's clearly going to end in tears , but there 's definitely been a vibe that has n't been around since the days of the Buzzcocks and The Electric Circus . |