Example sentences of "i [verb] around [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I came back and found the cottage demolished , naturally in distress and amazement , I asked around in the village . |
| 2 | I crept around to the back of the house and watched as he carried her through the kitchen and into the garage . |
| 3 | I fumble around for the rest of my kit and fall over Shelagh , who is shining a torch gingerly in one of her boots . |
| 4 | I wandered around for a bit and then came back again . |
| 5 | Then I wandered around for a while , casting wistful glances at my tables . |
| 6 | I wandered around for a while , in a bit of a daze , and then strolled back here . |
| 7 | The Old Gang Smelting Mills reminded me of an old deserted coal pit I played around as a child . |
| 8 | I know I walk around in a daze most of the day but this is bloody rediculous . |
| 9 | I dawdled around for a while and then headed south . |
| 10 | I bombed around with a pint between my thighs . |
| 11 | As I look around at the happy faces it is difficult to realise that the German Army is only a few miles away across the River Seine where they are defending Le Havre . |
| 12 | I look around at the milling people , imagining we 'll be split up into smaller groups and led through the blank doors to sit in armchairs and watch a TV set on some kind of plinth . |
| 13 | Especially when I look around at the bug-eyed gawkers staring , almost hypnotised , at the images . |
| 14 | If I 'm going to a meeting where I know I 'm going to be the only woman I put my war paint on , if I 'm just going to be in the office all day I slob around in a skirt and a jumper with very little make up . |
| 15 | I hang around for a bit , pretending to look at some writing on the board . |
| 16 | I hung around for a while … now I come to think of it , I walked a short way along the path , looking for him . ’ |
| 17 | Course I hung around in the park instead of going to clarinet lessons . |
| 18 | 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 . ’ |
| 19 | When you went to pack that first night , I hung around in the hall trying to figure out my best move . |
| 20 | At this party , I rushed around like a student on the last day of school , confronting over and over again people 's incredulity and dismay at my impending departure , assuring them that I could n't believe I was leaving , exchanging addresses and agreeing to keep in touch until the end of time . |
| 21 | While Lisabeth was mainlining Cadbury 's Bournville I rummaged around for a sports bag ( one that advertised Marlboro fags , naturally ) and began to pack a spare everything . |
| 22 | I walked around outside the motel . |
| 23 | ‘ For more than four hours Tally and I lounged around in the carry-out , talking , drinking coffee , watching people come and go , watching other hangers-on as they bantered with the waitresses , horsed around among themselves , or danced to the juke-box . |
| 24 | I felt around for a switch and threw it down to reveal a stone staircase with iron handrail . |
| 25 | As we journeyed back across the Orne bridges , I looked around at the happy faces in the truck ; up until now , there had n't been much to laugh about . |
| 26 | As I settled down in the straw-filled barn that I had left a few moments ago in search of food , I looked around at the now sleeping Frenchman , stretched out in the straw . |
| 27 | Before leaving I looked around at the disorder wondering what was so important that somebody would go to so much trouble to look for it . |
| 28 | I looked around at the place ; I had been here before but it had never looked so huge . |
| 29 | Slowly I looked around at the other boys . |
| 30 | I looked around at the other passengers and tried to start a conversation . |