Example sentences of "were [verb] around in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hens and geese were picking around in two small haystacks and fleets of tiny yellow chickens were half hidden beneath some planking and under the foundations of some rickety sheds . |
| 2 | Once more , as in the early days , movies were charging around in all directions and not really getting anywhere . |
| 3 | Downstairs in the lobbies , Tories were running around in equal bewilderment over the Speakership . |
| 4 | They were standing around in frozen postures like a group caught when the music stops in a game of Statues . |
| 5 | One day we were poking around in some sodden ashes by the rear exit and found a few slivers of celluloid with images on them . |
| 6 | No serious attention would be paid to cuisine while his pupils were cavorting around in this outlandish dress parade . |