Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [verb] around in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thou Shalt Not Spy on thy Mother 's Old Schoolfriends Parading around in the Nude . |
| 2 | Discarded sodden matches and joint stubs jostle around in the pan and urine seeps into the sole of my shoe . |
| 3 | Now all the pretty things sat around in the present , and all they did was make her regret the past . |
| 4 | If that was n't enough , what in heaven 's name is that lethal figure running around in the hold , like some latter-day Frankenstein 's monster ? ’ |
| 5 | There 's at least two other poor sods trudging around in the wet when they could be clocking off and going home . |
| 6 | In short , the basic instinct which seemed to tell many people that they needed a good ‘ clean out ’ , and that nasty things could happen while waste matter lingered around in the body , seems to have been largely correct . |
| 7 | Small fish swing around in the currents , head-butting molluscs , to get at food . |
| 8 | I make a determined effort to rummage around in the jumble of our years together for some of the intensity of feeling I had for her . |
| 9 | They stopped at the balustraded terrace overlooking the small lake , and leaned over ; below , enormous golden fish lay around in the green water . |
| 10 | The young men mill around in the wasteground , their fury and their hormones surging . |
| 11 | I never see fewer than six or seven young men sitting around in the kitchen when I go in there , I 've never worked out who 's a brother or a cousin or what . |
| 12 | Among the aspirant politicians milling around in the lobby are fourteen people from the world of business , a handful of barristers , a couple of teachers , two farmers , two academics , a journalist or two , a couple of housewives and a taxi-driver . |