Example sentences of "[prep] be [v-ing] around the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The important objects of study were assumed , in an a priori manner , to be operating around the formal institutions of local government and its electoral process . |
| 2 | How did the boy come to be wandering around the surgery ? |
| 3 | Everyone thought there 'd be a roar of ribald laughter at that line if Puck happened to be hopping around the stage in plaster at the time . ’ |
| 4 | But when , clutching the bag , she made an attempt to brush past him he blocked her way , adding coldly , ‘ It 's not safe to be roaming around the back-streets on your own at this time of night . |
| 5 | The pampered town cat , by contrast , is often seen to be prowling around the house like a caged tiger . |
| 6 | The present owners seemed to be living around the back of the house , beside junk-filled stables . |
| 7 | Food and medicine reached the eastern town of Zepa , but there was still no aid distribution in Sarajevo , despite a unilateral , nationwide cease-fire called by Bosnia 's Muslim president , Alija Izetbegovic , which appeared to be holding around the capital , although fighting was reported elsewhere in the country . |
| 8 | Before being taken to the platform , he was introduced to those members of the Committee who happened to be milling around the entrance . |