Example sentences of "[modal v] not [vb infin] around [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyone who once thought a 73B bus was a giant blue salamander following him down Baker Street is living proof that you should n't mess around in the medicine chest . |
| 2 | Only the suspicion that he had something important to say and could not work around to saying it kept her out there with him . |
| 3 | The chant was so beautiful Athelstan stopped , closing his eyes to listen , until a rough-mouthed carter flicked his whip , bellowing how some men had to work and could n't laze around like stupid priests . |
| 4 | Realizing I could n't hang around on the dole forever waiting for the Tate Gallery to offer me an exhibition , and also that my boyfriend , also on the dole , was not likely to be able to support me , I decided to go for further training . |
| 5 | We could n't wait around for the magic day when the men turned to us and said , ‘ OK girls , now it 's your turn . ’ |
| 6 | The evolutionary advantage of this is that the animal need not lie around in a torpid state , vulnerable to attack . |
| 7 | But I would n't walk around with them like that ! |
| 8 | You ca n't sit around for ever . |
| 9 | ‘ Come along , children , we ca n't stand around like lost dogs all day . |
| 10 | I ca n't walk around with a costume full of water and not spill it all over the carpeting … ’ |
| 11 | So I suppose what you do with Debs is er tell them you want the whole discount and I suppose they give you a card for each floor cos you ca n't walk around with it each floor can you ? |
| 12 | You ca n't walk around in those flimsy things all afternoon , they 'll rub your blisters , even with plasters on . ’ |
| 13 | I ca n't hang around with anyone , if I hang around with anyone that 's a smackhead for more than a couple of days , then it 's going to be tempting , so I 've got to keep meself away from them . |
| 14 | Tackling a black run in a blizzard was a worry , but when you only have a long weekend you ca n't hang around for the sun to shine . |
| 15 | ‘ I ca n't hang around in here if it 's coming that soon ! ’ said Masklin , all thoughts of his duty to the nomes of the world temporarily forgotten . |
| 16 | If fact it 's it 's I found it in the past to be a welcome very welcome break from the atmosphere because you ca n't hang around in in the dining hall without talking a Green Party . |
| 17 | We ca n't mess around with stuff like this . ’ |
| 18 | But then it 's a shame that children ca n't play around on their own . |
| 19 | You 're fair like your mother and you ca n't run around without shoes like them ignorant dark pickney . |
| 20 | She 's one person yow ca n't push around like the rest of yer cronies . ’ |
| 21 | if he wears a long sleeve shirt , as soon as he takes his jacket off , he wo n't go around with his shirt |
| 22 | Still it 's hard to believe the young warlord wo n't rattle around in his armoury for just the right mace . |
| 23 | ‘ Leaseholders wo n't hang around for 16 years in a pub , because leases can be sold on . |
| 24 | The plaintiff can not shop around for the best offer , the two parties must deal with each other and strike an acceptable bargain through their own negotiating skill . |
| 25 | Five-year-old Boris Primorac suffers from a rare blood disorder which means he can not run around like other children , without severe bruising . |