Example sentences of "[verb] be around [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The drug has been around for the last 20 years , but this is the first time the research has been carried out over such a lengthy period . |
| 2 | Information has been around since the garden of Eden . |
| 3 | Wilson , who made a quiet yet effective impact in the 2–0 midweek World Cup defeat of Latvia has been around in the game with spells at Derby County , Ipswich , Chelsea and his present club where he is happy but would consider a move to a higher grade of football if possible . |
| 4 | For those of us old enough to have been around at the time of the birth of rock ‘ n ’ roll , the idea of an advanced course in the music which made both us and our parents jump ( but in opposite directions ) may be hard to accommodate . |
| 5 | If International had been around at the time of the Vikings , there 's little doubt whose paint would have been used to keep those marauding longships in prime condition . |
| 6 | Although direct debits and cash dispenser machines had been around since the late 1960s , promotion campaigns made them farmore popular during the mid-1980s . |
| 7 | Hand dragged furniture had been around since the 18th century . |
| 8 | Sometimes , he assumed the Elder had been around since the Creation . |
| 9 | Research identified that retailers were using cheap methods of display which had been around since the 1950's . |
| 10 | He was like an old car that had been around in the neighbourhood for a long time , loaned out among your friends , used and passed on , so that when it got to you in your time , you knew what you were getting . |
| 11 | Chairman before before you do finally er pack your bag and zoom off back to wherever it is you 're going , could I on behalf of the county council and all of our participants here today and those who 've been around in the last fortnight thank you and Miss Whittaker and your assistant able assistants er Mrs Binns and Dave in the programme office for the sterling work they 've done . |
| 12 | If you ask medical staff how often they have seen someone die , rather than if they have been around at the time , surprisingly few will say they witnessed the actual event . |
| 13 | Are they recent arrivals from Norway , or birds which have been around since the autumn migration ? |
| 14 | Lick and stick stamps have been around since the 1840s , but by the turn of the century it 's thought self-adhesives will be the norm . |
| 15 | Not so surprising , as this is their first official demo , though the group members ( all two of them ! ) have been around on the scene since 1988 . |
| 16 | In looking for the answers , let us begin with those citizens who have been around for the longest time — the elderly and those in later middle age . |
| 17 | Alright , so it 's been around since the year dot . |