Example sentences of "i was [verb] around " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was looking around , seeing where to go , when a black man took my arm . |
| 2 | ‘ I needed this piece and as I was looking around I saw exactly what I needed on this motor bike so I took it and now these guys want to kill me . ’ |
| 3 | Yes I was looking around for your dog |
| 4 | Can I just ask a question to start with because I was messing around with the camera and was it that he ha that he had no private pension policies at all ? |
| 5 | I was turned around and frog-marched to the last flight of stairs leading to the foyer , then thrown down the last six steps . |
| 6 | ‘ I was chasing around , getting petitions signed , writing letters , running round the schools and talking to parents , but I think if you do n't pressurize , you are not going to get anywhere , ’ she said . |
| 7 | It felt as though someone was pulling my lifeline away from me and I was flailing around , trying to grab hold of it . |
| 8 | I was going to be a pro racer and was doing real good until , at thirteen , I was goofing around and broke my arm . ’ |
| 9 | I was wandering around with other injured people , including two girls . |
| 10 | I was wandering around looking for her and the plane exploded behind me . |
| 11 | Well , I was wandering around looking for a rococo palace … ’ |
| 12 | Yes after Lucy about , er yes that was what I was getting around to , by that time of course I should be erm |
| 13 | I was hanging around at the back of the church because I wanted a word with the vicar . |
| 14 | As I was floundering around trying to see a picture she mentioned that she was dreading a forthcoming holiday because of travel-sickness — the anticipatory fear would lead to headaches and frequent urination . |
| 15 | ‘ I was running around geeing people up , ’ said the captain . |
| 16 | A week later I was running around with my underpants in my mouth feeling very stupid . |
| 17 | I say because I was running around a bit I think . |
| 18 | I was driven around in limos and everything was great — but these things are as good as they last . |
| 19 | But as I was walking around I noticed how her eyes followed the dog with great interest . |
| 20 | I was walking around with a camera and binoculars right on top of their nuclear silos . |
| 21 | I was walking around , keeping an eye out for him . |
| 22 | I was shown around by her assistant . |
| 23 | And I was scouting around vaguely aware that , in fact , I 'd actually located it . |
| 24 | I was toddling around at the time getting into mischief the way any normal , healthy three-year-old boy does . |
| 25 | By the time I was eight-years-old I was going around with a prostitute . |
| 26 | I 'm not surprised , I 'd have done me fruit , if I was going around with somebody that , that say they 're gon na put the house on the market for me , want to make a go , a go of the marriage , a new baby , two other kids and then oh , but yet , yet wants to play around in a , you know a little sports car , that nobody but two people can sit in |
| 27 | I was probing around with my tongue and trying to decide about this when the phone by my bed rang . |
| 28 | I was feeling around for his safe-wrenching tool , |