Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] been around " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Even I know man has n't been around that long . ’ |
| 2 | Sam took Nutty and her team up in the car straight after the last lesson ; Nails had not been around which was just as well as the car did not hold more than five . |
| 3 | ‘ At parties , if people ask what you 've been doing and you tell them that you 've just been around the world , it stops the conversationd ead . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I 've always been around dope . |
| 5 | She had n't been around herself at the time and said Gustav did n't like talking about it much . |
| 6 | I have n't been around this long without learning that funny things happen to people who know too much about mob business . ’ |
| 7 | That 's right yes and erm it was all er , now it is more , more mechanized , but still , they 're still , I do n't know whether they still do it cos I have n't been around Squires I do n't know whether they 'd do casting now , I have n't been down around for years and years , when I erm when I left and then I went into the leather trade and er started to learn leather cutting |
| 8 | I mean we 've er the working party 's actually been around the country looking at various other swimming pools in the areas and er just to get an idea on what we thought Didcot would really like . |