Example sentences of "around in [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She sighed deeply and stared around in abject despair . |
| 2 | Young people from working-class backgrounds , for instance , are more likely to spend time with a boy/girl-friend whereas young people from G middle-class backgrounds continue to move around in mixed sex groups for a longer period , perhaps anticipating an extended period of dependence on parents as they head for further or higher education . |
| 3 | Where the eye often used to be bruised by hectic entrances and exits , Page now keeps his dancers on the stage , shifting them around in complex patterns or gathering them up in long architectural phrases . |
| 4 | I flipped from fury straight into hilarity and collapsed on the ground beside him , rolling around in helpless laughter too . |
| 5 | They were standing around in frozen postures like a group caught when the music stops in a game of Statues . |
| 6 | Much as I love the works of J.R.R. Tolkien , I refuse to call any dog Bilbo Baggins , so Bill he has become ; anyway , the only resemblance between Bill and a hobbit is that both have hairy feet and a liking for grubbing around in sandy holes . |
| 7 | From here they must await their wave , drop into it , and be swept beneath the overhang into the cave where they grope around in total darkness filling their bags with birds ' nests . |
| 8 | Above our hearing , bats flit around in total darkness , judging their distance from objects by emitting high-pitched bursts of sound and timing how long it takes fro the echo of the sound to bounce back . |
| 9 | One or two species of fruit bats , however , for instance Rousettus , are capable of finding their way around in total darkness where eyes , however good , must be powerless . |
| 10 | I think we 've got aesthetics to offer that are n't around in contemporary music . |
| 11 | Without bacteria , moulds and fungi , we would all be wading around in undecayed vegetation many miles deep . |
| 12 | Running around in ever-decreasing circles |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ You 've got no goddamned right to go poking around in that computer , ’ Frank snarled . |
| 15 | When , when you come to think about it , around in that area . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Delegates looked around in all directions to pinpoint the accuser . |
| 18 | Once more , as in the early days , movies were charging around in all directions and not really getting anywhere . |
| 19 | Many mechanised units which should be riding around in armoured personnel carriers are still mounted in trucks — some are even reduced to walking . |
| 20 | He warned of the dangers of liking to walk around in flowing robes . |
| 21 | One morning I called International Backside and Balvinder said he would be around in five minutes . |
| 22 | Third , BT 's financial strength means that customers do n't have to worry about it still being around in five years time . |
| 23 | Customers of our systems division must be convinced that Olivetti really will still be around in five years ’ time . |
| 24 | Of the rest of the pack she says : ‘ I would n't want to be definite about how many of then will be around in five years ’ time . ’ |
| 25 | He lay on the ground thrashing around in great pain , strange choked gurgling sounds escaping from his throat . |
| 26 | Hundreds — mostly men , mostly young and mostly in militia uniform — mill around in small groups , in silence , moving from grave to grave . |
| 27 | Later , Mr Howie forecast that the boards would still be around in four years ' time . |
| 28 | What clearly frustrates him is that so much of the money now sloshing around in professional tennis , is being spent in damaging — or at least potentially damaging ways — rather than for the good of the game , as well as for the good of the individuals who are benefitting . |
| 29 | Females under thirty tried to look like thumbsucking little girls ; with turned-in toes , they skipped around in buttock-skimming shifts over pale tights . |
| 30 | Small , immature goats suffer most ; they find moving around in deep snow most difficult and demanding . |