Example sentences of "[noun] around [pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This will produce different responses as both people and animals around her may react differently to each ‘ phase ’ . |
| 2 | Because of the , the tinkering around it must do a bit of |
| 3 | A night in a good hotel with many nationalities around you may bring you to your senses and perhaps you will not wish to return to the Hacienda de Nieve . ’ |
| 4 | For the more I yelled , the lower I made myself and the greater the sense of mastery and control the malais around me could enjoy . |
| 5 | The patient 's attitude to you and other people around him can change dramatically because of his stroke or head injury . |
| 6 | It was just one more sign of his separateness from the people around who would buy a cow or a few more fields . |
| 7 | ‘ There are undoubtedly people around who would like to bounce things in that direction ( towards fees ) . ’ |
| 8 | This hypothesis does not seem to have a lot going for it because , at the time Matthew — or whoever — was writing , there would still have been a few people around who could say something like I do n't remember any star ! ' ) |
| 9 | ‘ I know a lot of people around who could fill the parts and the vocals very well , a lot of people in LA who are not working that much who would love to do it . |
| 10 | I think it 's important to get a listening ear and know that there are other people around who will give you support . |
| 11 | I 'd smoked a joint and taken tincture of cannabis , which is something I had done because I did n't smoke cigarettes and the hippies around me would say , ‘ Give her a spoonful of tincture of cannabis so that she 'll get stoned ’ but I did n't know if cocaine was like that . |
| 12 | After the scheduled 1995 opening of the Newton Cap scheme , the picturesque valley around it will become a great local amenity . |
| 13 | Just to know that there are rapists around who could have been tracked down with this method is justification for a database . |
| 14 | Just to know that there are rapists around who could have been tracked down with this method is justification for a database . |
| 15 | Speed must be thinking to himself right now … all the other players around him would have had one of these one-off payments when they joined Leeds . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's such a relief to get out of the starched uniform and the black stockings , ’ she said loudly so that the crowd around us could hear . |
| 17 | When you change the behaviour pattern which has become second nature to you , the world around you will react differently . |
| 18 | It means that medical staff and others around you will know your wishes should you become unable to communicate with them directly . |
| 19 | It means that medical staff and others around you will know your wishes should you become unable to communicate them directly . |
| 20 | The controls are slow and unresponsive — let's face it , with the amount of platform beat-'em-ups around you 'd have thought the programmers would 've given a bit more care and attention to this aspect , not to mention the graphics , presentation … the game in general really . |
| 21 | Beauty is often the object of envy by a plain person , yet people whose prettiness as children captivated the adults around them may grow up with a severe disadvantage . |
| 22 | He continues pouring from one container to another , and after lots of experience and conversation with the adults around him can begin to estimate how much he is going to need to fill the guinea pig 's water bowl or top up the vase of flowers . |
| 23 | Since she represented the Emperor and the government , her task was to serve as a sheet-anchor and a symbol around which could rally the national will to resist the enemy . |
| 24 | Now I could not countenance , and I 'm sure none of the authorities around us could countenance a new settlement that scale in Greater York . |
| 25 | Remember though , you can only do this in open water ; if there are snags around you can bet the bream will head for them , and there is no way you are going to stop a big bream on 2lb line . |
| 26 | If the floor plates have ever been removed then the sealer around them may have been damaged and need replacing . |