Example sentences of "around on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No danger of ambush or sudden death , no creeping around on filtered headlights . |
| 2 | She had seen it staggering around on uncertain legs a few mornings before . |
| 3 | He countered by leaving other articles around on pre-menstrual tension . |
| 4 | We have six really tough games in a row — Norwich , Arsenal , Newcastle , QPR , Scum & Villa — probably six of the best teams around on current form . |
| 5 | If you favoured sweating it out , you sat around on tiered benches and chatted with your friends until you started dissolving into steam , and then got yourself scraped down by a slave with a sort of sickle thing called a strigil , and massaged , and oiled and perfumed , or if you were a real fanatic you probably went straight from the hot room to take a cold plunge , like sauna addicts rolling in the snow . |
| 6 | ‘ The Newquay crowd just pose in Beetles covered in stickers and show off to the dodgy girls hanging around on Fistral beach , ’ opines Adam , who claims he 'd only visit the town to compete . |
| 7 | Those too young for sailing still enjoy pottering around the beach and paddling around on old windsurfers , though a parent should stay to look after them and keep them from the nearby road . |
| 8 | Helped by gearing that 's a trifle lower and a torque peak shifted down to 3,200rpm , the Legacy can be booted around on little throttle ; engine response to small pedal movements is swift and crisp . |
| 9 | Tribble , one of the original Mac architects at Apple Computer Inc responsible for its now famous user interface design and less famous operating system , is one of the few real experts around on object-oriented programming . |