Example sentences of "around [prep] that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Forty eight and and presumably many of the people who are perhaps seventy drawing pensions , they may not have even paid in thirty years themselves , I mean they may be many of them may not have been around for that period of time . |
| 2 | When it is finished , I want you to come around behind that curtain and up onto the stage . |
| 3 | I was stuck in hospital for three weeks and since then have been shuffling around behind that thing . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ The point I am making is that Paul is not the only young player around with that confidence . |
| 5 | no , they have got , I mean I would of finished it if I did n't have to mess around with that car |
| 6 | walk around with that bag all the time do you ? |
| 7 | Fully-laden take-offs and five-minute controlled climbs may be OK for a formal C of A air test , but you ca n't ( or should n't ) chuck an aeroplane around in that state . |
| 8 | ‘ You 've got no goddamned right to go poking around in that computer , ’ Frank snarled . |
| 9 | When , when you come to think about it , around in that area . |
| 10 | Both give us the sense of oppression and lack of freedom ; if you are confined to a region , you can only move around in that region . |
| 11 | There were another three Jet Skis buzzing around on that part of the river and a few water-skiers with their big-engined speedboats , all creating a fair old racket , but we could still hear William laughing ; the guy thought buying a frighteningly expensive piece of machinery and spending most of your time falling off it into the water was just the most enormous wheeze . |
| 12 | " The amount the young can do nowadays — now when I was carrying Dan I was not able to get up for days together , me ankles swoll so , and I 'ad dizzy spells , something terrible , but she still gets around on that bike , perky as Punch . |
| 13 | ‘ He was mad on motorbikes and he would tear around on that wasteland near the railway , bent on killing himself , I 'd say . |
| 14 | There were n't that many rehearsal places around at that time which we could afford . |
| 15 | I remember listening to all the music that was around at that time and understanding it with a naivety which I wish I still had sometimes , putting a band together when I was nine or ten and playing the talent show at grade school , writing songs and still having the godawful things around the house . |
| 16 | So can you think of any er brochures or any companies which were around at that time to take advantage ? |
| 17 | Were there quite a few vessels around at that time that were giving assistance ? |
| 18 | But presumably there were one or two great exponents around at that time that set the whole thing off ? |