Example sentences of "he around the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Whereas it used to be assumed that she would follow him around the country and around the world , it is now not uncommon for wives to decide to stay put in order to further their own careers , or so that they do not disrupt their children 's education .
2 I never seem to see him around the pub these days . ’
3 Mr Seymour recalled the astonishment he had felt when a passenger opened the door of his driving cabin and started to hit him around the head .
4 Another one snapped out of the melée around Hrun and caught him around the waist .
5 So of course the guy has to behave shocked , and she chases him around the bar .
6 I had been walking him around the roads for a couple of weeks and could n't wait to have him fit again .
7 Mrs Chamoun guides him around the Emir Bashir 's palace at Beit Eddine ; he is clearly taken in by the mythical Lebanon of happy agrarian masses toiling away under the guidance of a benevolent leader .
8 If he woke up , I 'd feed him and take him around the block until he dropped off again . ’
9 ‘ I said do n't ! ’ she shouted hoarsely , and slapped him around the face with a stinging blow that sent his head jerking back , black hair falling over his tanned forehead .
10 Burton wrote , with typical flaring generosity ( like his fellow Welshman , Henry VII , he never forgot those who had been with him around the campfire when the crown was hardly even a dream in unreal England ) :
11 ‘ It is a pretty distinctive looking donkey and the person who has him is hardly likely to parade him around the countryside .
12 I took him around the garden and told him simply , in the hope that it would feed through to the Romanian government , that we were making the most enormous efforts to try to break this COCOM problem .
13 Then walking to where Grierson was cowering against the wall , he grabbed him around the throat .
14 whose other duties included those of town crier and bill sticker , took him around the town for company and to assist with his bill-posting operations .
15 Deborah Sherwin , prosecuting , said Mr Holloway was able to pick out Eyles after police took him around the town to look for his assailant .
16 Once we got it off we showed him around the fire appliances and he went away happy , ’ said John .
17 Olly 's background , first on the electric instrument and subsequently on the double bass , took him around the jazz and blues clubs of the London circuit for over ten years before he teamed up with Melanie .
18 Racing needs men like him around the place .
19 Without him around the energy to do even the simplest of chores had been taken away from her .
20 David was 4½ when he first went to school and not unlike most mothers Mrs Jones was upset at not having him around the house .
21 His father had not spoken a single word to him , just followed him around the house , not a solitary word .
22 Hardly was he around the corner than the man in the parked car climbed out , crossed the road and let himself in to the apartment-block .
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