Example sentences of "around on a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Merchants would travel around on a regular basis giving out raw materials and collecting the spun , or woven , product . |
| 2 | Indeed , the two M boys themselves were not totally happy at first at having these initially undisciplined children visiting their home and generally being around on a regular basis . |
| 3 | She wrote letters all day , floated around on a lilac cloud , heart beating scarlet with desire for Astrid and the tingling delight of waiting for when she would return . |
| 4 | ‘ A good brisk walk is equivalent to a jog any time ’ ) ; that when a lightly built eight-stone person runs around on a hard surface , his/her knees suffer a momentary weight equivalent to three-quarters of a ton with each step he/she takes ; that dieting and exercises together can cause hormonal imbalances , infertility and period loss in women ; that the death rate of stressed , worried , prejudiced-against-smoking non-smokers can be three times as high as that of relaxed smokers . |
| 5 | Before he came along we 'd mess around with songs like ‘ Build Me Up Buttercup ’ , with me fiddling around on a little clavinet that we 'd found knocking around somewhere and Steve singing . |
| 6 | Their main argument is that the World Cup should move around on a rotational basis , but having staged the first three tournaments , other countries have some catching up to do before it returns to these shores . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's all very fine sitting around on a sunny morning sounding confident . |