Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] around [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She said she would shop for a couple of hours on her own , that she did n't want him with her while she mooched around dress departments . |
| 2 | ‘ And you drove around sightseeing ? |
| 3 | and er , I mean what she saw of Kerry was , she dropped her here at quarter to nine , she picked her up between five and half past and the rest of her she saw around kid , the rest of the time she saw her own kid and er Julia was to have her until she went to school , so I mean how can there be any bond there , which there ca n't , but the mother said herself I had her because it was the done thing so I mean it 's , it 's today in n it do n't you think ? |
| 4 | They zigzagged around tree trunks and saw the dark shapes scurrying along out of the corner of their eyes . |
| 5 | It always seemed that they reappeared around Palm Sunday when people were pouring out of the churches carrying little sprays of olive leaves that looked silvery in the hard sunlight . |
| 6 | The embarrassment when it got around school that ‘ Kate loves bugs ’ was intense . |
| 7 | I had invited him for a meal , and he left around midnight . ’ |