Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] [vb infin] around [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are many different styles of kung fu practised in the world today ; so a beginner should look around before deciding which of them best suits his particular requirements . |
| 2 | Former full-time housewives should search around for evidence of skills other than domestic ones . |
| 3 | Speed and mcalllister would hang around outside the Cov penalty area and snatch onto anything the Cov tried to clear . |
| 4 | The strange horse will hover around on the outskirts of the herd until it is eventually accepted . |
| 5 | Therefore I would say a poem such as " I wandered lonely as a cloud " is not a good subject for one picture — because the poet can jump around over such a vast expanse and bring image after image to mind : |
| 6 | Videos of the cattle taken on the farm means that buyers for the big meat companies can shop around from their offices . |
| 7 | The disk will whizz around for a few seconds , and then you get the rows of statistics . |
| 8 | It is generally accepted in the 1990s that no academic library can be self-sufficient , and that academics must move around for materials ( see Chapter 11 on ‘ weeding ’ ) . |
| 9 | In 1989 the government 's proposals for the reorganization of the NHS included the creation of an NHS ‘ internal market ’ in which GPs could shop around for health care , the establishment of a new management board , with most members drawn from industry , permission for hospitals to become self-governing and new contracts for GPs . |
| 10 | Here the visitor can wander around without hindrance , as most of the antique area is now a pedestrian zone . |
| 11 | It was very much a cottage industry : she and her two sons would drive around with books in the car , being their own distributors . |
| 12 | Merchants would travel around on a regular basis giving out raw materials and collecting the spun , or woven , product . |
| 13 | Perhaps he thought that if he made a success of the concert party , word would get around amongst show business that here was someone to keep an eye on , and his big chance might come ; that someone important in the music world might come up to him with a contract in his hand and sign him up for the next ten years as a successor to Sir Malcolm Sargeant . |
| 14 | But an IFA can shop around for the best deals . |
| 15 | Their main argument is that the World Cup should move around on a rotational basis , but having staged the first three tournaments , other countries have some catching up to do before it returns to these shores . |
| 16 | As for Peter and Pat Lawford , they fixed it so that John Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe could screw around without Jackie finding out . |
| 17 | I can remember , you see I do n't think today 's Guild women would go around with me . |
| 18 | It is a tautology to say that English spelling is excellent because the reader can Jump around for clues on so many different levels ( semantic , visual , phonic , contextual , etymological , and so on ) . |