Example sentences of "hung around [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She wants to be Violet Elizabeth Bott ; the screeching , lithping , secretly smart brat who hung around with the nice-but-dim lads until she annoyed them into letting her join the band . |
| 2 | Mary hung around outside the stables , curious to hear her father in his element as the two men sorted out the rods . |
| 3 | During his lunch breaks he often hung around outside the restaurant to make sure she did n't go out with anyone . |
| 4 | Ari and Nathan hung around in the doorway until they looked up , feeling they needed permission to enter . |
| 5 | I slipped away before the encores and hung around in the courtyard outside the Sheldonian until the Kraemers emerged . |
| 6 | Course I hung around in the park instead of going to clarinet lessons . |
| 7 | 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 . ’ |
| 8 | Sometimes , when he was writing , she hung around in the conservatory to keep him company . |
| 9 | 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 ? |
| 10 | When you went to pack that first night , I hung around in the hall trying to figure out my best move . |