Example sentences of "around with [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rather tacky set , the lucklustre performances , the script from David Straun and Heather Williams that lurches from trite audience participation to over-the-head jokes ( would any primary-school child get the one about water privatisation ? ) , all did n't seem to matter as the company of four scampered around with their well-intentioned tale of how the white man destroyed the American Indians . |
| 2 | Farika wandered around with her unused plastic for four days , expectation the watchword on her lips , while Sara found herself in a much better position to comment . |
| 3 | Mary Mackie , 64 , of Walton-le-Dale , Lancs , said : ‘ It 's not right she should be flouncing around with her fancy man . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm so pleased he got round , ’ remarked Miss Sanders , who was hobbling around with her left foot in a plastic bag after breaking her ankle in a schooling accident and could scarcely bring herself to watch the race . |
| 5 | ‘ If you hang around with us all day you 'll hear us calling women bitches and calling each other motherf— . ’ |
| 6 | A smashing day for sitting around with your favourite folk swapping stories and generally setting the world to rights . |
| 7 | Craig reached into his pocket and caressed his lucky deck of cards , then felt around with his other hand and picked up a flat toolcase made of heavy-duty plastic . |
| 8 | There he was , gallivanting around with his ageing tarts — you know , the randy widows on the cocktail circuit who eat nothing but spinach leaves . ’ |
| 9 | But Tommaso Talvi was the type to jaw about whatever new scheme had taken his fancy and then jeopardise everybody around with his big boasting empty talk . |
| 10 | Quite frequently a horse will decide to ‘ possess ’ another in the herd — obviously one lower in the pecking order — and drive the other horse around with it all day long . |
| 11 | So I suppose what you do with Debs is er tell them you want the whole discount and I suppose they give you a card for each floor cos you ca n't walk around with it each floor can you ? |
| 12 | ‘ That 's a hell of a burden to have carried around with you all this time , ’ Luke said feelingly . |
| 13 | I 'm not carrying that tape recorder around with you all day Richard |