Example sentences of "and [noun] around " in BNC.
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| 1 | An alternative to attempting to deal with such matters by a policy of continuous and possibly unsettling adjustment ( by moving departments and personnel around ) would be to allow each branch to become a separate partnership under the aegis of a superimposed managing firm . |
| 2 | And finally , staying with generalities on migration , I think it behoves us all to be a bit cautious because I see quite a lot of fantasy and fiction around in in this E I P and I 'd be guilty of it myself at times . |
| 3 | He used to go around with him and bike around with orders , yeah . |
| 4 | He emerges from his towel and peers around myopically . |
| 5 | Detective-Sergeant McWhirter nodded sagely , imagining his eleven-year-old Morris Traveller and the increasing difficulties of driving the wife and kids around . |
| 6 | ‘ Slices of pizza in boxes , hot and ready to eat , would go down really well here with all the people that come in at lunch times from the colleges and offices around . ’ |
| 7 | There was snow and ice around too . |
| 8 | Our procedure was to invite friends and acquaintances around to our houses , specifically to record them . |
| 9 | The teacher will ask you to lie on a table or to sit on a chair while he gently moves your head and limbs around . |
| 10 | Yeah but , I think if you straighten lines and mess around with them too much it leaves little bits in underneath the other one . |
| 11 | They knew Richard Neville not as some hard-done-by humorist but as the author of the paperback Playpower which became the handbook of the international drop-outs and bemused pot-smoking youngsters , persuaded to believe that society was rotten , life was too tough and the odds too heavily stacked against them — the best thing to do was to drop out and bum around . |
| 12 | Their peppy ensemble style and ambitious sound gets you thinking of the '70s boom era for Irish acts like The Bothy Band and Clannad , a time when there seemed to be masses of energy and ideas around . |
| 13 | Communities seem to want airfields and pilots around , so they do n't load them with the penal rates and taxes that lead to high parking and landing charges as in this country . |
| 14 | Yes when you 're in bed it Ann phoned to say to say that she 's bringing and Ali around to play with you tomorrow afternoon . |
| 15 | ‘ Do n't worry , ’ he said , skipping on through the amateur boxing and back around to the broadcast channels again . |
| 16 | There 's a kitchen here , we have a girl who comes in and cooks lunch during the week and there 's always cheese and things around . |
| 17 | with all the books and files around and er , it became , anybody with any chest troubles erm |
| 18 | It 's lovely there ; find a good vantage point and make rough pencil sketches of the church and trees around and the shapes of tombstones , etc. , or go into the cemetery and draw that curious old tower which commands such an extensive view . |
| 19 | Within about ten days she was happy enough with my mother and sisters around , but it took her a lot longer to settle down with other people , and with animals . |
| 20 | With Caroline , Giles and Georgiana around , I 've never been in the slightest danger of getting the so-called high profile of my job out of perspective . |
| 21 | He had had a spell about two years previously when he had been in a wheel-chair for a few weeks , but had managed to get himself out of it and stagger around with two tripods . |
| 22 | A happy theatre a happy ship if you like a corny phrase to use is very very apparent and I 'm sure my colleagues and friends around here would appreciate because they do believe they ca n't get at the management committee and they would like to so please Tom will that be possible at some time in the near future ? |
| 23 | He used to dress up in this enormous chicken 's costume and clown around in front of the audience as a kind of warm-up act . |
| 24 | Drachenfels , disguised and dissembling , duped nearly a thousand souls from villages and towns around into attending a feast and ball . |
| 25 | Before babies start to talk , adults and others around , talk to them . |
| 26 | And she staggered and hooted , among the sordid piles , and kicked shoes and clothes around . |
| 27 | I think it 's easy to be glib about this , there are clearly an awful lot of landlords and landladies around who provide an excellent service and merely want a reasonable rent in return for offering a decent service . |
| 28 | I love the Bardot look and all the wigs and extensions around at the moment are great . |
| 29 | Land for miles and miles around could be ruined and people would be badly affected ’ . |
| 30 | Do not bring the neighbours and family around to see the newborns , as this will only induce stress in the dam which will be passed to the pups . |