Example sentences of "around with [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it does mean that ‘ principles of good design ’ are hard to expound , ambiguous when they can be discerned , and hedged around with many caveats as to their applicability . |
| 2 | We just used to hang around with each other and it was just one of those things , like , that you 'd never done before . |
| 3 | Thunder growled , and Gilbert looked around with nervous , pleading eyes . |
| 4 | ‘ The biggest point that hit me was how much Pay and File was going to be about cash management — juggling around with over- and underpayments . |
| 5 | French Foreign Minister Roland Dumas commented on Dec. 6 that France was " not supporting dictatorships but neither are we going to play around with expeditionary forces " . |
| 6 | In the days when it was briefly fashionable to be seen around with black people she had also been known as ‘ Missy ’ , and she 'd had a black lover then . |
| 7 | Where will they find the middle level if there are no youngsters around with relevant educational qualifications and some understanding of the organisation and its needs ? |
| 8 | [ I inspected a carving of a frightening witch queen , whirled around with strange shapes , a hare and a stag . ] |
| 9 | How could she go around with such undesirables ? |
| 10 | Why does her brother Hindley let her run around with such a companion ? ’ wondered Mr Linton . |
| 11 | While I was supposed to be at the beck and call of not only my husband but even his parents , his going around with other women was just taken for granted . |
| 12 | I could show her a bit of Indian , Chinese or Middle Eastern , all heavily adapted , because I like messing around with other people 's culinary canons , but mainly I 'd have to show her my version of Italian , and the liberties I 've taken with that do n't bear repetition . |
| 13 | I was wandering around with other injured people , including two girls . |
| 14 | ‘ He can play around with other people but not my wife , ’ he said . |
| 15 | She told me I was the only person she could trust , though I often saw her around with other people , misplaced people , I suppose . |
| 16 | Step forward Ben Pearson of Welwyn Garden City , who writes : ‘ Dear Bizzerk , I 'm a bit of a man 's man , me , and I 'm fed up of all the blokes writing in who just want to hang around with other blokes . |
| 17 | ‘ There 's one thing I ca n't stand and that 's messing around with other men 's wives . |
| 18 | Step forward Ben Pearson of Welwyn Garden City , who writes : ‘ Dear Bizzerk , I 'm a bit of a man 's man , me , and I 'm fed up of all the blokes writing in who just want to hang around with other blokes . |
| 19 | But I would rather not fiddle around with other , I 'd rather have not done tha well , no I wanted to do language when I when I put my options down , but now , |
| 20 | Name any one person you know who 's walking around with one lung . ’ |
| 21 | When first seen at the homoeopathic clinic , he was just able to get around with one tripod . |
| 22 | People missed the trees and flowers … and having to walk around with one eye covered by an eye-patch . ’ |
| 23 | But he turned her around with one swift jerk and forced her to face him . |
| 24 | I know in , was it eighty-nine , there was a fashion Yves St Laurent put , putting , was putting out a fashion for women to walk around with one breast bared , now in Oxford I just saw nobody dressed like that ! |
| 25 | ‘ He has been jumping around with all the other children in the ward . ’ |
| 26 | The sun , having messed around with all the colours that Keats and Shelly were so big on , decided at last to give the rosy-fingered routine a bit of a miss and go for the full Colditz searchlight . |
| 27 | As he watched it fell on its side and began to thrash around with all four limbs . |
| 28 | You 'll have to excuse it being a bit cold cos we 're walking around with all windows |
| 29 | I feel strongly that if the library and information profession is to play a significant role in the handling of information within business ( and other ) organisations , we really must stop pussy-footing around with weak half-baked notions ! |
| 30 | Above all , why were these chaps messing around with helium-filled contraptions , in an age of routine rocketry ? |