Example sentences of "around by [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | She was a singer in a band which was on the verge of big pop success when the group started to be messed around by the men in suits . |
2 | Soon she was quite alone , and wondering whether or not to go back and make her way around by the fields . |
3 | Along with many a public body that felt pushed around by the Tories , the BBC must have gone to bed on April 8 with dreams of a quieter life on the night ; already swinging , as it were , in the hammock slung for them by a hung parliament . |
4 | The concept of political freedom , which is now so frequently bandied around by the coiners of political slogans , was , so far as we know , first developed in Athens in the fourth century BC where at least two-thirds of the population had the status of chattel slaves . |
5 | They tend to see people as unthinking dupes who arc simply pushed and pulled around by the needs of capital . |
6 | A few practice swings with the trusty old battle axe later ( I swung Whiplash around by the ears ! ) and their verdict was soon forthcoming : MicroProse 's Project Stealth Fighter is about the best the C64 has to offer on the flight sim front . |