Example sentences of "n't [vb infin] around [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Still it 's hard to believe the young warlord wo n't rattle around in his armoury for just the right mace . |
| 3 | 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 |
| 4 | I did n't hang around with her much anyway . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ Leaseholders wo n't hang around for 16 years in a pub , because leases can be sold on . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 10 | So you do n't hang around for money in our in our company . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Do n't fuck around with me . |
| 16 | I did n't stick around for the session . |
| 17 | If something needed doing Eva Burrows did n't look around for someone else to see to it . |
| 18 | You 're fair like your mother and you ca n't run around without shoes like them ignorant dark pickney . |
| 19 | ‘ Right , young lady , there are a few things you need to know about how I run this unit , and the first is that my nurses do n't loll around in the corridors indulging in idle chatter with strange men ! ’ |
| 20 | The chant was so beautiful Athelstan stopped , closing his eyes to listen , until a rough-mouthed carter flicked his whip , bellowing how some men had to work and could n't laze around like stupid priests . |
| 21 | ‘ Very early on we were told you did n't mess around with food — even if it was crumbs , my mother would do something with them . |
| 22 | ‘ Do n't mess around with me ! ’ he interrupted with the savage snarl of an angry lion , making Meredith take a step back in astonishment . |
| 23 | We ca n't mess around with stuff like this . ’ |
| 24 | I have to say I did my assignments I went there and back I did n't I did n't mess around with staying away . |
| 25 | Really do n't mess around with that . |
| 26 | However , if you are unsure of what to do , do n't mess around for what could be a simple job for a trained engineer can turn into a nightmare if an inexperienced user starts to experiment . |
| 27 | Anyone who once thought a 73B bus was a giant blue salamander following him down Baker Street is living proof that you should n't mess around in the medicine chest . |
| 28 | Go on put the cream down , you do n't wonder around with that . |
| 29 | ‘ Come along , children , we ca n't stand around like lost dogs all day . |
| 30 | I ca n't walk around with a costume full of water and not spill it all over the carpeting … ’ |