Example sentences of "[vb base] [been] [v-ing] around [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 've gone , all those people who 've been marching around inside my head : Mum , Dad , teachers , infuriating old Brian — even Cal who 's everyone 's friend when I 'm nobody 's friend but she 's special to me … |
| 2 | Er , although they 've been moving around with me , but er they did very well in their studies in the end . |
| 3 | Although these are ‘ laboratory ’ specimens , they 've been kicking around for about six months and I 'd expect them to be detected quickly . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've been asking around about Werner , who interviewed you about the accident . |
| 5 | That way it will look as if you 've been asking around about me . ’ |
| 6 | That 's not what I 've heard and I 've been asking around about you . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've been racing around for most of the day . |
| 8 | So then Berndt and the old witch will know I 'm as smart as they do n't want me to be , AND that I 've been poking around in high-security files . |
| 9 | I 'm the one who deserves a new one I 've been driving around in a van for three years ! |
| 10 | They 've been knocking around since Christmas . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've been waiting around in Reception for about ten minutes . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Yes , I 've been playing around with one for quite a while ; it 's a very nice piece of work . |
| 13 | A few major labels have been sniffing around on the strength of ‘ Rockin' The Forest ’ . |
| 14 | FOR some time now Wallingford engineering staff have been creeping around like concerned parents not wanting to disturb a sleeping child . |
| 15 | Unfortunately , the people in charge of Oxford Uni 's mail server have been playing around of late , and have changed from using the long form to the short form , and now , it seems , back again . |
| 16 | Other additions to make the supplement obsolete come mainly from the deep south , where Geoff Hornby and Suzi Sammut have been cruising around on their Luxury Liner ( E3 5c ) , which is a variant on their own Crinoid Cruise . |
| 17 | I was stuck in hospital for three weeks and since then have been shuffling around behind that thing . ’ |
| 18 | Party workers have been rallying around since last Thursday night 's arson attack which caused tens of thousands worth of damage . |