Example sentences of "around in the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had the paparazzi been around in the early days of his marriage it 's doubtful Philip would have escaped criticism . |
| 2 | Virtually anything waved around in the receptive fields of these cells will evoke a response under the right conditions . |
| 3 | Last year was the first real attempt to recognise the new energy around in the visual arts . |
| 4 | There were a few small birds around in the hazel branches but that was all . |
| 5 | There was to be no paddling around in the shallow waters for this man , Ruth thought . |
| 6 | The primitive mammals that happened to be around in the three areas when the dinosaurs more or less simultaneously vacated the great life trades , were all rather small and insignificant , probably nocturnal , previously overshadowed and overpowered by the dinosaurs . |
| 7 | Grateful though he was — and there are few examples of anyone more grateful and generous than he was to those who had in any way helped him or even just been around in the bad times — he was not going to be craven or knuckle down like a goody-two-shoes . |