Example sentences of "could [vb infin] around [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As for Peter and Pat Lawford , they fixed it so that John Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe could screw around without Jackie finding out . |
| 2 | ‘ There was a time when we could look around at the Commonwealth , the Empire , other countries and we would see very soft markets for British exports . |
| 3 | Well , he could look around in time . |
| 4 | You could walk around at 3am without fear . |
| 5 | One could play around with the word ad nauseam ; then , the next thing that we would be arguing about is the place of the potato in English folklore . |
| 6 | I suppose I could get around to it myself in time . |
| 7 | A MURDER victim 's brother showed a court yesterday how his alleged attacker , who is disabled , could get around with out his wheelchair . |
| 8 | You could ask around about Jack Butler , Ibn Fayoud , Dad 's dodgy contacts from his riding days . |
| 9 | In 1989 the government 's proposals for the reorganization of the NHS included the creation of an NHS ‘ internal market ’ in which GPs could shop around for health care , the establishment of a new management board , with most members drawn from industry , permission for hospitals to become self-governing and new contracts for GPs . |
| 10 | But global expansion has been an expensive objective for banks : they lent vast sums on poor terms to borrowers who could shop around for money , starting in Japan . |
| 11 | ‘ There are two routes , one being to take advantage of the Sunday trading debate , which we could turn around with slogans like ‘ Church — it 's more fun than a DIY shed ’ . |
| 12 | Once you 've got that you could fiddle around with that and we used to lower a station down , tie the end , we 'd do the best we could to do it . |