Example sentences of "[v-ing] around on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Quite apart from the blunder there was one moment near the end of the game when he was walking around on the stage of Sadler 's Wells , unaware for a few minutes that it was his move . |
| 2 | There are a few non-Leeds supporters lurking around on the list I think . |
| 3 | The Gulf War , like a knife , cut the string , and the beads are dropping and bouncing around on the ground . |
| 4 | It is an awful spectacle to see a ride galloping through the finish with reins flapping , bouncing around on the horse 's back . |
| 5 | Bouncing around on the end of an elastic rope may not be everyone 's idea of fun , but for the 24-year-old from Staindrop , County Durham , it 's a fascination that has turned into a living . |
| 6 | ‘ And that 's when they start to panic , ’ Billy interrupted , ‘ then they start flapping around on the surface and we start sticking 'em ; dead easy . ’ |
| 7 | I think they thought they would find the treasure lying around on the beach ! |
| 8 | So my reading of the evidence so far is that they did n't want a body lying around on the river bed , where it might come up sometime , or perhaps even be found by divers , but they wanted him carried under water well out to sea . " |
| 9 | It was agreed by Mrs Buckingham , who had always resisted the false belief about the pain in her daughter 's back , that Harriet should stop lying around on the hall seat and go to a school founded in the 1840S for the further education of gentlewomen . |
| 10 | There had been some hefty wooden icons hanging up on the walls , and , if they had burnt , then there would have been something left of them lying around on the floor . |
| 11 | So if you cut your toenails do n't leave them lying around on the floor , do n't make too much noise if you have to use the slop bucket at night and if you 're a shit-stabber then I 'll tell you now , my arsehole is n't for rent . |
| 12 | Outside the window are a few sticks lying around on the grass . |
| 13 | And then comes another machine ( or the previous one with a new attachment ) which sucks up all the nuts and any other loose debris lying around on the ground . |
| 14 | The men and women lying around on the ground were roughly shaken awake . |
| 15 | He put his huge right hand on her polished gold kneecaps , because it suddenly looked ridiculous lying around on the arm of a chair , and said , ’ No . ’ |
| 16 | However , a tail-wheel is more convenient for ground handling , particularly as with these types of glider the tail is extremely heavy and awkward to lift when the glider needs turning around on the ground . |
| 17 | It takes an hour and a lot of people do n't want to walk around the city they 'd like the option of going around on the bus . |
| 18 | My voice had risen a good half-octave and my hands were waggling around on the end of my arms as though I was trying to shake off bits of Sellotape . |
| 19 | At the time I honestly never gave a thought to why Billy Tuckett had been poncing around on the roof in the wee small hours or why he 'd chosen Sunil 's bathroom to fall through . |
| 20 | Henceforth the old spectacle of brokers milling around on the Stock Exchange floor was replaced by silent , almost invisible , computerized networks for dealers , reflecting the new internationalism of the stock market . |
| 21 | This sparrow-sized bird is dull brown and grey in colour , and since it spends much of its time scurrying around on the ground , it often looks more like a mouse than a bird . |
| 22 | I have known a fox earth populated with a family of cubs while small rabbits were running around on the surface nearby . |
| 23 | Oh chicken , you did n't think when you were running around on the farm that you would be lucky enough to be served to one who — May I ? |
| 24 | If you see the caterpillars crawling around on the bottom of the cage , you will know it is time to put some soil there . |
| 25 | If such ventures encourage better design for older people , they will undoubtedly banish practices which are unhelpful to most people , whatever their age : power points on skirting boards , washing machines which make you bend double to get the washing out , videorecorder cabinets which mean crawling around on the floor to put on tapes — all three are candidates for design improvements . |
| 26 | For the production crew , filming the six-part series meant spending much of the time crawling around on the floor . |
| 27 | And lots of lean-to teashops with their sticky mud floors , mud walls with greasy pictures of gods and film stars ; the hole in the ground at the back where plates and glasses were washed and mouths swilled out ; grimy tables with uneven legs ; ants and wasps crawling around on the food displayed in front of the shop . |
| 28 | Spend all your life hanging around on the edge of the scrum and it comes as a bit of a shock to get a pair of fingers up your nostrils . |
| 29 | A few major labels have been sniffing around on the strength of ‘ Rockin' The Forest ’ . |
| 30 | I went into my own office and sat down , doodling around on the blotter . |