Example sentences of "around [prep] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had a neat , methodical mind and it pleased her to hunt around for an odd half-hour or so to fill with planting lettuces or doing the mending . |
| 2 | Instead , as officials realised that the failure of agriculture , the failure to industrialise and the continuing Ostflucht were combining to produce a massive crisis in the east , they cast around for an external enemy on whom to project the cause of their misfortune . |
| 3 | When , in 1916 , pacifist thinkers cast around for an alternative power which claimed to represent the universal interests of mankind , their eyes turned to the United States . |
| 4 | We heard that the Lincolnshire and Yorkshire stations lost far more men and aircraft than we did , and there was also a horrible story going around of an unfortunate rear gunner trapped in his turret as his plane landed , unable to get out and being roasted alive in full view of the ground crew , until a Wing Commander whipped out his revolver and shot him . |
| 5 | Usually , Dorothy had been engaged in shifting her husband around like an inharmonious piece of furniture . |
| 6 | Back at Templecombe , now over his shock , Mandeville paced around like an angry cat , hurling abuse at Santerre , telling Lady Beatrice to stop screaming and order servants to go down to the village and bring wise women to attend to Southgate . |
| 7 | In 1988 , she travelled around with an imposing security squad of African-American women , hinting at once of black nationalism , gay pride and eerie robotic conformity . |
| 8 | How dreadful it would be if you hooked a big fish only to lose it through poking around with an inadequate net . |
| 9 | She glanced around with an innocent expression on her face , but all eyes were on the Doctor 's antics . |
| 10 | As they passed through the dancers , Connon noticed-Pascoe moving slowly around with an attractive young girl . |
| 11 | Then the male fertilizes the eggs once they are inside his pouch and then he looks after them until they hatch and the poor male staggers around with an enormous great pouch full of wriggling er baby sea horses until they 're finally born . |
| 12 | He was handed over to local army units and then driven around in an armoured car for three days to prevent Securitate units discovering his whereabouts . |
| 13 | He was just quietly walking into the wall , while the rest of us stood around in an awkward half-circle . |
| 14 | The aim is to leap around in an inflated suit and push your opponent off the mat . |
| 15 | Those old Andy Hardy movies always seemed to have a scene where a bunch of American teenagers would be sitting around in an old barn or something wondering where to stage their amateur dramatics . |
| 16 | The assistant chaplain of Norwich prison , who drove around in an old Maestro , carefully invested cash inherited from his father 's shipping business . |
| 17 | veteran cars , who wants to , who wants to drive around in an old Ford Poplar of of twenty , twenty five , thirty years ago ? |
| 18 | The monster was at its most mellow that day , but still energetic enough to toss Sinar Surya 's hundred tons around in an alarming manner . |