Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [v-ing] around " in BNC.
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| 1 | White , yellowish and orange lights the size of a baseball have been reported moving around , sometimes performing aerobatics . |
| 2 | I , I get the feeling that because they do n't really know especially if you 're caught pissing around in quad , yeah , and er it 's by a teacher that you do n't know , a ma or a master or something they do n't pay much attention to it because you 're a girl and they do n't know you and I get that feeling anyway , I feel slightly like we c could actually get away with more . |
| 3 | Scratched onto black 70mm film stock , the two sisters are shown bumbling around their home , busy tea-making and typing . |
| 4 | I think the proof of the pudding was that y you know you finished up in twelve minutes and arguably you have three minutes could have been spent floating around just chatting about this , that and the other . |
| 5 | Lucy crawled out of bed around lunchtime , found her way up to the shower while Josie could be heard moving around in the kitchen , and could n't resist leaving aside her own hard soap and supermarket shampoo in order to freeload a few squirts and squeezes of the gels , mousses and lotions that stood on the tiled windowsill . |
| 6 | Despite all the hype , hate and hysteria that has gone before , something magical and mysterious can still be heard shuffling around in the dark , and this celebration is the spotlight that picks it out . |
| 7 | The women were to be seen hanging around in the yard talking quietly or trying to wash to get a few more rags to the pawnshop . |
| 8 | I do n't just want to open things and be seen trundling around . |
| 9 | Normally to be seen driving around in a funereal Daimler — dwarfing the island 's other cars ( including the BMW of Premier Sir John Swan ) — the Governor also dons his uniform and takes to the streets in a horse-drawn landau several times a year . |
| 10 | As the shadows lengthen , the men can be seen standing around with a pint of beer in hand , while mothers keep watchful eyes on the kids and catch up on the latest gossip . |
| 11 | I like baths yeah , but I mean , if you want a quick one yeah , you get in there like and you well you think , oh now this is nice , and you ca n't be bothered moving around . |
| 12 | ‘ In April , hundreds of runners can be found digging around at the back of the wardrobe , trying to find that old pair of track spikes . |
| 13 | At this time they can be observed rummaging around in search of food . |
| 14 | The increased use of personal computers means that files of secret information may be left lying around on a cassette or floppy disc in unlocked offices or at the homes of executives . |
| 15 | Money , and other valuables , must not be left lying around in classrooms or changing rooms . |
| 16 | It 's too valuable a book to be left lyin' around . ’ |
| 17 | This is cos they tend to be high status professionals who 's time is relatively precious , so that you can go to the extent of actually having waiting rooms that you can be kept hanging around in . |
| 18 | Falling over toys that have been left lying around can be fatal for elderly people and very serious for children . |
| 19 | A chubby young man called Laird Cregar appealed to me as a suspect , if only because he had the habit of being seen loitering around places where beautiful women had just been strangled . |
| 20 | Hours were spent paddling around in the dark on the Suez Canal until they believed they had mastered handling of the inflatables . |
| 21 | Being late will count against you far less if no one has been kept waiting around as a result . |
| 22 | Often , after the starter has told you to strip off , you are kept hanging around , mostly for television , and under those circumstances your hamstrings become very vulnerable . |
| 23 | Of course , they must be kept flat and if any pressed material is left lying around uncovered it will begin to curl up . |
| 24 | Peggy Patch is a freckled , rather passive rag doll who is discovered lounging around on location — by a trout stream , up a mountain , sitting on a shire horse — accompanied by a presenter in an anorak who strides around explaining things . |
| 25 | Anthony — the ‘ h ’ is n't silent , you have to lisp it — from The Chili Peppers was seen hobbling around on crutches today . |
| 26 | Only this time , it was found rolling around in a dustbin . |