Example sentences of "around [conj] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't want to sound dog-in-the-manger about it , but we have performed reasonably well in quite a difficult retail climate , but a view was put around that the individual companies in the Storehouse group were worth more separately than as a group . |
| 2 | Lopped off brambles lay around and the long grass was all trampled . |
| 3 | I was lifeguarding at the swimming pool , I turned around and the silly shit was getting out of |
| 4 | The club itself was mainly hippies — art students and hippies — there were a lot of drugs around and the Three Tuns used to stink of dope every week . |
| 5 | We 'd been practising hard and were having a rest , just standing around and the Head Girl was smoking . |
| 6 | So Vecchi hi-tails it out to the sanatorium , hangs around until the great man and Rico leave then gives it a few more minutes before walking in and giving Connie another grilling . |
| 7 | Belinda shifted her sandalled feet nervously , wondering suddenly if Deana had decided to hang around until the mythical sailor showed up . |
| 8 | It 's beginning to feel like an age old question , or certainly one that has been hanging around since the dark ages . |
| 9 | And walk around when the Black Shuck comes . |