Example sentences of "around at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the camera goes on there and a wee electric motor over yonder , which drives it around at fifteen degrees per hour , which makes it follow the stars as they move around the sky . |
| 2 | There were n't that many rehearsal places around at that time which we could afford . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | So can you think of any er brochures or any companies which were around at that time to take advantage ? |
| 5 | Were there quite a few vessels around at that time that were giving assistance ? |
| 6 | But presumably there were one or two great exponents around at that time that set the whole thing off ? |
| 7 | There must have been text books around at one time but I can not even identify any titles let alone suppliers . |
| 8 | ‘ She was running around at 10 months and she loves to sing all day long . |
| 9 | Mr. Gilbert deliberately hung around at closing time to give the three men a chance to go away . |
| 10 | Are the editorial staff sitting around at empty desks saying ‘ Tut ! |
| 11 | Grant sweeps around at full speed and heads for land . |
| 12 | ‘ County ’ men were transferred around at short intervals , while we were static in the city , never moving more than a mile or so between the three divisions to undertake real ‘ city work ’ . |
| 13 | So instead of automatically going to the timber yard and buying new timber , how about looking around at potential sources of second-hand timber and giving the poor old environment a helping hand ? |
| 14 | Penned in by the subliminal surrealism on the screens , knocked out of the way by the mobile cartoon tableaux that slice aggressively through the audience ( mini-stages dragged around at high speed ) , people do n't quite know where to look or go next . |
| 15 | If they recognise the boat as ‘ friendly ’ and if it is n't rushing around at high speed , they will allow you to get close enough to take photographs . |
| 16 | An erratic Lebanese with a wife and family in Beirut and a Dutch mistress in Nicosia , he wore jeans and cowboy boots and drove around at high speed in a Chevy 4 × 4 with expired Texas licence plates . |
| 17 | Gazzer looked about : ‘ Never any nurses around at visiting time . |
| 18 | Waving her around at this stage only serves to remind Conservatives of what they have lost , while it reminds the undecided 33 per cent of electors of what they most came to detest . |
| 19 | There was so much fish around at this time as the stocks had been left in peace during the Second World War , but this situation did not last . |
| 20 | Nearly all the vessels around at this time of year are private yachts and fishermen . |
| 21 | It does seem that there are a lot of wasps around this September ; there are always wasps around at this time of year , but er are , do you have any evidence that er there 's even more than usual ? |
| 22 | It is strange to be confronted by a man who seems to want us around at any price . |