Example sentences of "other [noun] around " in BNC.

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1 The cost of the failure of one product is not spread in an insurance fashion by having the other products around .
2 As Dan stated , ‘ The target was under a patch of woods that looked like all the other woods around , so we had to drop on some co-ordinates by a railway track .
3 long after they said they would n't , because I understand there was a firm assurance , there would n't be other pitches around .
4 Surprisingly there were few other walkers around , just a couple of locals walking their dogs .
5 Quite frequently a horse will decide to ‘ possess ’ another in the herd — obviously one lower in the pecking order — and drive the other horse around with it all day long .
6 She thought that if there were loads of other kids around he 'd be forced to play with them .
7 He countered by leaving other articles around on pre-menstrual tension .
8 Strappy black platform sandals will be an essential this year , but there are many other sandals around for people who Go for sling-backs with heels or a ballerina look with comfortable flatties , which team well with jeans or leggings .
9 There were no other residences around .
10 ‘ Are there other folk around or are they alone , in shimmering sunlight , with violins in the background , making a commercial for shampoo or coffee or something ? ’
11 Paul Gascoigne is also troubled by a cold , but he trained yesterday afternoon and , apart from Platt , it is only Batty and Dixon who are real concerns , and Taylor added : ‘ I know I may have to look at bringing another right-back and a midfielder , but I am keeping my fingers crossed about Dixon because there are no other right-backs around at the moment . ’
12 The Iranians — with the possible exception of the Afghans , are more desperate for arms than any other place around .
13 The table is too heavy to move , so you ca n't ram him into the wall with it , and there are no other weapons around .
14 it 's not very far away and then we 're gon na go from there to er there are one or two other places around worth looking at
15 Because i i they though it was in competition with other varieties around and it something t It was n't necessarily to do with the fact that erm they though it was less it held less prestige in the community .
16 It was just that erm the other varieties around were competing too heavily against it so they thought what 's the point of passing it on to the children .
17 We 'd driven all the way from Bedford to Yorkshire and then spent six hours lugging furniture and other junk around .
18 In a cloak and dagger operation , he got in touch and insisted he could only come to her shop when there would be no other customers around .
19 Had n't Naylor Massingham been the only other person around at the time of that incident ?
20 It is one thing to hope for someone to come when things are civilised , when there are other people around too .
21 ‘ Can I work when there are other people around ? ’ .
22 ‘ Papa says it 's all right so long as there are other people around . ’
23 There were many other people around from every age-group , yet the overall impression she received was one of unhurried leisure .
24 There 'd be so many other people around that she 'd be cushioned to some degree from the effect of his presence , she had reasoned .
25 culture , they know what an agent looks like and they know what a tour operator looks like and they know and they know one or two other people around and so on and so forth
26 At least there she would have the privacy of her own room and the security of other people around .
27 At the hotel there would be other people around , while here … ’
28 So they can stay on normally , in some part of the year it is dark , but yet there 's other people around and about , and they get in situ before very late , so the twelve and twelve suits them , and it 's better for health and safety , and erm , in other , Mr Chairman .
29 There were other passengers around .
30 Tell me about some of these other characters around , can you recall anyone ?
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