Example sentences of "around [to-vb] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Applause rang out , and she twirled around to acknowledge it in demure delight , clapping the barman — and then being crushed against the ample bosom of the barman 's wife . |
| 2 | ‘ Most people say ‘ what happens when I 'm hit ’ , ’ he said , then looked around to acknowledge the titters of nervous laughter . |
| 3 | In 1980 , Jack already knew the family secret but he had never known his real father , not even his name , and since June was no longer around to confirm Donald Rose 's story , having died of cancer in 1965 , his version of events remains a mere matter of record . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's not , you know , it 's not like here , ’ and he waved a hand around to include the zebra-skin wallpaper , his new friends , the small brown vial on the coffee table . |
| 5 | Obviously Ted and I were n't always around to scrutinize the intricate excitements of this new love , especially as Dad and Eva spent many evenings over the river in London proper , going to the theatre to see controversial plays , to German films or to lectures by Marxists , and to high-class parties . |
| 6 | Fortunately for these pedigree breeds there are usually plenty of human slaves around to tend to their needs and comforts and , should the worst happen and the animals be forced to fend for themselves as strays , changes would soon take place . |
| 7 | It finished ( as a bowler ) the former Derbyshire player , Fred Swarbrook , who gave up the unequal struggle when , peering frantically around to see where a delivery had gone , he found out only when the ball dropped out of the stratosphere and hit him on top of the head . |
| 8 | ‘ At one point things got out of hand and we had to organise a group of MPs a Make-up Patrol crew to follow the actors around to see that they did n't eat anything or do anything that would affect the prosthetic face gear . ’ |
| 9 | Do not bring the neighbours and family around to see the newborns , as this will only induce stress in the dam which will be passed to the pups . |
| 10 | I turned around to see Mr Lu playing what I thought was his third shot . |
| 11 | Before going outside your organization look around to see whether there is anyone already on the payroll who could do the job . |
| 12 | JTR was not around to see the beginnings of political comment in Scottish art ; his life took a new path far removed from the galleries and drawing rooms of artistic Edinburgh . |
| 13 | He screamed with pain , dropping the jacket , twisting around to see Luke swinging his arm back and over . |
| 14 | Someone shouted a warning and Gallagher whirled around to see Sonny charging towards him . |
| 15 | Next cut out scale rectangles from a piece of card to represent the bath , shower cabinet , bidet , washbasin and loo , and using your plan , move them around to see how best to fit everything in . |
| 16 | But you ca n't tell me that you 'd be happy remaining in London , not in charge , not being around to see everything was all right . ’ |
| 17 | The neighbours and their children crowded around to see what was going on and to hear the conversation between Granny and Dad . |
| 18 | ‘ Watch him , watch him , ’ the Youngest Son would say , pulling me around to see a TV video of a lute player , or a religious song celebration with long lines of men chanting Islamic verses in a sort of mouth music with hand-clapping accompaniment . |
| 19 | The Thing let its lens swivel around to see more of the room . |
| 20 | Warren Mitchell went around to see him after a performance and was amused — following Burton 's initial reaction to the money — when he grumbled , ‘ You wo n't believe all they give me for this ? |
| 21 | The individual sees himself as contributing to an indefinite process of inquiry by an unlimited community of inquirers , and he may well not believe that he will be around to see inquiry converge on the truth ( 5.589 , 2.652ff . ) . |
| 22 | Other Council 's like Harlow do have central policy units which is what we would be described as , because people recognition that it 's important that you need to have people who are outside departments looking at the organisation as a whole , what it 's doing , where it 's going , how it 's being influenced by external organisation 's , i.e. what the Health Service are doing locally , or what the Government 's doing more significantly , erm , I think you need people looking around to see how the Council 's affected and what , what were doing in and taking an overall view and responding in that way and that 's the kind of thing that we do and that 's why were here . |
| 23 | " Take us around to see Eddie . " |
| 24 | Because he sat at his desk from early morning until night he was not getting around to see what was happening among the ordinary people : and many of his henchmen were using their positions of power for personal or family advantage . |
| 25 | So I cast around to see whether there is some other limitation implicit in the legislation : is there some other class with respect to whom Parliament is to be presumed to have been legislating ? |
| 26 | They 'd er you might it might be worth writing around to see what the or or even ask the people who are running the correspondence course you know what |
| 27 | The Doctor spun around to see a German officer leaning against a skeletal tree , his Steyr automatic aimed comfortably at the Doctor . |
| 28 | It 's funny , but as me , my mum and dad , all piled into the back of the ambulance , I remember thinking it was a shame it was so early in the morning and there was n't anyone around to see me go . |
| 29 | And erm I asked around to see if anyone else was interested in doing the same kind of thing . |
| 30 | Might have dug a little for the human interest ; might even have probed around to see if there was any backstory worth the follow-up . |