Example sentences of "be around [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You 'll stay overnight , of course , ’ Agnese had decreed , when it became obvious that they would indeed be around for the party . |
| 2 | ‘ Why did n't my father tell me that you were going to be here ? ’ she asked petulantly , thinking that at least he would only be around during the daytime , and she could avoid him completely without too much trouble . |
| 3 | Her age and her resilience suggest that she will be around at the top for at least another Olympiad . |
| 4 | But if you were old enough to be around at the time , reactions like ‘ Well , of course , the political circumstances were such that … ’ , and ‘ Yes , I have to admit I took offence to that ’ are more likely , and cause one to take a more considered and less dogmatic view . |
| 5 | I 'd rather be around at the time |
| 6 | In all three areas the mammals that happened to be around at the start fanned out in evolution , and produced a specialist for each trade which , in many cases , came to bear a remarkable resemblance to the corresponding specialist in the other two areas . |
| 7 | MVS is still supreme in IBM 's view and expected to be around through the decade as a leader . |
| 8 | That has begun shipping to members , and SAG optimistically expects products complying to the specification to be around by the end of year . |
| 9 | Pinto confirmed that a prototype Alpha box would be around by the end of the year ( UX No 376 ) — other officials said the emergence of shrink-wrapped non-proprietary Unix environments — with the added incentive of Unix System Laboratories Inc 's Destiny and Microsoft Corp NT already scheduled for Alpha — will open up the workstation market sufficiently for it to stake a claim . |
| 10 | They will still be around in the year 2000 , ’ he said . |
| 11 | There will be around in the room when they 're doing this any six research students who have experience with the equipment , and a lecturer , and the school teacher who was involved in planning that day 's work . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'll be around in the summer to show you the ropes , depend upon it . |
| 13 | If you ask medical staff how often they have seen someone die , rather than if they have been around at the time , surprisingly few will say they witnessed the actual event . |
| 14 | Had he been around at the time of my capture I do n't believe I 'd have made it very far . |
| 15 | For those of us old enough to have been around at the time of the birth of rock ‘ n ’ roll , the idea of an advanced course in the music which made both us and our parents jump ( but in opposite directions ) may be hard to accommodate . |
| 16 | If International had been around at the time of the Vikings , there 's little doubt whose paint would have been used to keep those marauding longships in prime condition . |
| 17 | Alright , so it 's been around since the year dot . |
| 18 | Information has been around since the garden of Eden . |
| 19 | We 've never jumped on the bandwagon 'cos it 's clearly going to end in tears , but there 's definitely been a vibe that has n't been around since the days of the Buzzcocks and The Electric Circus . |
| 20 | Are they recent arrivals from Norway , or birds which have been around since the autumn migration ? |
| 21 | Sometimes , he assumed the Elder had been around since the Creation . |
| 22 | The two main ‘ attractions ’ , Hawkwind and Planet Gong , have seemingly been around since the dawn of music in one form or another . |
| 23 | Not so surprising , as this is their first official demo , though the group members ( all two of them ! ) have been around on the scene since 1988 . |
| 24 | He was like an old car that had been around in the neighbourhood for a long time , loaned out among your friends , used and passed on , so that when it got to you in your time , you knew what you were getting . |
| 25 | Wilson , who made a quiet yet effective impact in the 2–0 midweek World Cup defeat of Latvia has been around in the game with spells at Derby County , Ipswich , Chelsea and his present club where he is happy but would consider a move to a higher grade of football if possible . |
| 26 | He was smitten not especially by Sandra 's looks , but by her whole demeanour , and those who were around at the time must have thought he had understated his feelings when he said later , ‘ It was a no-big-deal act for me . |
| 27 | But any flowers there might have been in the garden would probably have been eaten by the resident goats , rabbits and God-knows-whatever-else were around at the time , for the kind-hearted Edwardses never turned any sick or homeless creature away . |
| 28 | Calving and kidding times were chosen so that milk production was at a peak when skiers and tourists were around in the spring and summer . |
| 29 | Well you 've got shades on so when you look around you see whatever 's around inside the game . |
| 30 | I , I think to erm , very briefly to answer your point , erm , I believe that the , the quotes contract culture which is around at the moment , has missed out a major component which is concerned with community development and community enhancement . |