Example sentences of "around [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | that helicopter 's were fucking around during the second World War but they , they were |
| 2 | I think it 's the around about the first or the second of April . |
| 3 | My experience also spans the full spectrum of aircraft maintenance within the RAF from turning them around for the next flight at the sharp end , through the deeper repair at station level to the major repair at remote sites . |
| 4 | ‘ But just knowing that Walter is likely to change things around for the next big game is enough to keep me going . ’ |
| 5 | You 'd think he 'd have told you he would n't be around for the next week or two . |
| 6 | When the goslings hatch , they will recognize the first moving object they see as the creature to follow around for the next few weeks . |
| 7 | It is no short-term measure it is the most important development for more than 50 years and it will be around for the next century . ’ |
| 8 | But if you do n't want it preserved , I think it would be so nice to have in college , if only for next year 's students , and you also would be around for the next two years , I mean if you 're doing , if you 're doing a language erm , option next year , or even a language recitation erm , this would be quite nice material to use for that . |
| 9 | ‘ Why do n't you tell me about it ? — Sorry I have n't been around for the last couple of days . |
| 10 | I figured my body was telling me to rest , so I 've flopped around for the last two weeks eating steaks and drinking beef tea , and getting stronger every day . |
| 11 | I did n't know that Ben had been following me around for the last five years ! |
| 12 | Andy Norman , who 's a sort of Sam Goldwyn of our athletics , spotted this key to his character years ago during a wait at Helsinki airport where Christie was hanging around for the last plane on a ticket about one grade up from cargo . |
| 13 | The drug has been around for the last 20 years , but this is the first time the research has been carried out over such a lengthy period . |
| 14 | It 's a new one that 's only just been around for the last fifty years . |
| 15 | Most SMP vendors believe an efficient and scalable SMP version of Windows NT wo n't be around until the second or third release , which are reportedly scheduled to be rolled-out mid 1993 . |
| 16 | Chairman before before you do finally er pack your bag and zoom off back to wherever it is you 're going , could I on behalf of the county council and all of our participants here today and those who 've been around in the last fortnight thank you and Miss Whittaker and your assistant able assistants er Mrs Binns and Dave in the programme office for the sterling work they 've done . |
| 17 | Sorry , this is a very long way of getting around to the first crop of reviews of Philip Larkin : A Writer 's Life by Andrew Motion ( Faber ) . |
| 18 | Hand dragged furniture had been around since the 18th century . |
| 19 | ‘ I plan to be around over the next few weeks while we get this new image launched , and we expect you to be very visible . |
| 20 | I do not think that any incoming party with any set of policies could turn the economy around over the next six months . |
| 21 | Rushing around at the last minute trying to obtain foreign currency and travellers cheques is not the best preparation for a business trip abroad . |
| 22 | but I said well at least you 've got it all done , you do n't have to rush around at the last minute . |