Example sentences of "[vb -s] around [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( the city swirls around like a great beast , |
| 2 | They might introduce themselves as being the best mate of a particular fan or as the one who hangs around with a particular group . |
| 3 | But something about him had fastened itself to her memory , and she found herself saying to a bartender the night after , ‘ Do you know a boy , about fifteen or sixteen , a legit , who goes around with a large black dog ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Places where the team flies around in a private jet . |
| 5 | ‘ A good brisk walk is equivalent to a jog any time ’ ) ; that when a lightly built eight-stone person runs around on a hard surface , his/her knees suffer a momentary weight equivalent to three-quarters of a ton with each step he/she takes ; that dieting and exercises together can cause hormonal imbalances , infertility and period loss in women ; that the death rate of stressed , worried , prejudiced-against-smoking non-smokers can be three times as high as that of relaxed smokers . |
| 6 | He runs around in a dazzle-painted sports-fisherman called Dream Baby . ’ |
| 7 | Miss Phillips 's performance is really a series of inappropriate costumes by Pierre Balmain and the actress wafts around in a lilac voile morning trouser suit , a black cocktail number , dresses up to resemble a wasp and dresses down in a riot of patchwork heliotrope , orange , purple , blue and green . |