Example sentences of "hang around in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rolling bream are not frightened bream , nor do they hang around in the swim if they 've been spooked by an escaping fish . |
| 2 | I mean , either you 've got ta hang around in the morning , or he 's got ta hang around at night . |
| 3 | Dr Tyrrell says the real danger of infection from a sneeze is invisible : ‘ It is not the big blobs of mucus that are the problem , it is the smaller , invisible droplets which hang around in the air for several minutes after a sneeze . ’ |
| 4 | They 're sentiments that come from falling between the two factions that all but dominate life in Oxford 's social centre : the yuppified , well-heeled types who hang around in the bars and bistros of the city 's bohemian quarter , and the massive student population . |
| 5 | It hangs around in the system as toxic waste , a condition whose detrimental effect on our health is accepted but not yet fully explored . |
| 6 | Ari and Nathan hung around in the doorway until they looked up , feeling they needed permission to enter . |
| 7 | I slipped away before the encores and hung around in the courtyard outside the Sheldonian until the Kraemers emerged . |
| 8 | Course I hung around in the park instead of going to clarinet lessons . |
| 9 | So I hung around in the sun a couple of hours and when I got to the station there 's a car in the car-park with the old guy in the back , and he has friends . ’ |
| 10 | Sometimes , when he was writing , she hung around in the conservatory to keep him company . |
| 11 | Thank God her father had survived , but for how many more years could he go on , with only Rachel to inherit while Jamie hung around in the background , desperate to take the firm , simply to settle a childhood score ? |
| 12 | When you went to pack that first night , I hung around in the hall trying to figure out my best move . |
| 13 | ‘ Chris was hanging around in the pool room and we kept going out to play him the mixed songs on my ghetto-blaster . |
| 14 | The women were to be seen hanging around in the yard talking quietly or trying to wash to get a few more rags to the pawnshop . |
| 15 | And Miss Haines , as Clara suddenly realized , with a curious tremor of conviction , had actually been hanging around in the corridor waiting for her to emerge . |
| 16 | Usually she tried to evade such duties , by hanging around in the bathroom or in her bedroom ; she loathed the tedious , repetitive business of the house . |
| 17 | And the only other fact , hanging around in the background , was Bill Sweet 's death , which , by some fairly dubious reasoning and some circumstantial evidence , could be laid at Marius Steen 's door . |
| 18 | I hang my coat up and start to shout and tell those who are hanging around in the corridor to get outside until the bell goes . |
| 19 | He said : ‘ People witnessed the man running away , others reported a man hanging around in the area but no one admits seeing the assault happen . |
| 20 | It was easy enough to hang around in the courtyard enjoying the soft splash of sunlight on her bare arms . |