Example sentences of "not [vb infin] around [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The armed robber , needless to say , did not stay around to be sued . |
| 2 | It does not rampage around like a chariot for example . |
| 3 | Rincewind did not glance around for fear of the terrible things he might see , and by the time Withel looked for him again he was on the other side of the Plaza , and still accelerating . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Only the suspicion that he had something important to say and could not work around to saying it kept her out there with him . |
| 6 | Five-year-old Boris Primorac suffers from a rare blood disorder which means he can not run around like other children , without severe bruising . |
| 7 | Hostel dwellers do not move around from place to place as much as many people think . |
| 8 | You do not call out , you do not lay around on the floor . |
| 9 | ‘ Do not fence around with me , ’ he snapped . |
| 10 | ‘ … who bears a close resemblance to our school janitor , Aziz — although , as far as I know , Aziz does not wander around with a tea towel on his head organizing terrorist attacks — Yasser Arafat — ’ |
| 11 | But I would rather not fiddle around with other , I 'd rather have not done tha well , no I wanted to do language when I when I put my options down , but now , |
| 12 | The evolutionary advantage of this is that the animal need not lie around in a torpid state , vulnerable to attack . |
| 13 | Our main 1979 survey suggested that weekly-collection credit users do not shop around for bargains as much as others . |
| 14 | The plaintiff can not shop around for the best offer , the two parties must deal with each other and strike an acceptable bargain through their own negotiating skill . |
| 15 | In my attitude , you know , I , I think you know I think they 're all prats and stuff and I do n't joke around like that . |
| 16 | Still it 's hard to believe the young warlord wo n't rattle around in his armoury for just the right mace . |
| 17 | sick about this is , B C C one , if they wan na put in a bunk what 's wrong with the big four , I mean you do n't prat around with B C C one |
| 18 | I did n't hang around with her much anyway . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 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 | ‘ Leaseholders wo n't hang around for 16 years in a pub , because leases can be sold on . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | ‘ Which makes it more difficult for us , ’ said Pooley , ‘ since they did n't hang around for as long as usual , and therefore every single one of them was unobserved by the others for a minimum of half an hour . ’ |
| 24 | So you do n't hang around for money in our in our company . |
| 25 | We did n't hang around for as long that day — we must rigged the boats ( with a little help ) and prepared to set off . |
| 26 | ‘ 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 . |
| 27 | If fact it 's it 's I found it in the past to be a welcome very welcome break from the atmosphere because you ca n't hang around in in the dining hall without talking a Green Party . |
| 28 | We could n't wait around for the magic day when the men turned to us and said , ‘ OK girls , now it 's your turn . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Do n't fuck around with me . |
| 30 | I did n't stick around for the session . |