Example sentences of "i [verb] [v-ing] around [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hate going around in groups . |
| 2 | He 's a beautiful hunk of male virility , something you 'll never be , and I enjoy playing around with him , as you so delicately put it . ’ |
| 3 | I could show her a bit of Indian , Chinese or Middle Eastern , all heavily adapted , because I like messing around with other people 's culinary canons , but mainly I 'd have to show her my version of Italian , and the liberties I 've taken with that do n't bear repetition . |
| 4 | ‘ Sure , I like hanging around with the guys , playing golf , having a beer but I also like ladies , too , ’ he protests . |
| 5 | Not that I like walking around with music blasting anyway , I 'd rather listen to the birds . |
| 6 | ‘ I remember looking around behind me before I hit the ground to see if any riders were coming up , ’ he added . |
| 7 | Sweets were produced and I remember going around with a bandaged head for a day or so . |
| 8 | ‘ So , I started looking around for another job and heard that Mike Martinez , the agent , was looking for someone to do some secretarial work and some negotiating , and that he preferred English girls for such work . |
| 9 | The very next day I started ferreting around in the woods and came upon the most magnificent fortress of a sett . |
| 10 | I kept wandering around for a few hours , with no idea where I was or where I was going , then somewhere along the line I chanced upon an open space where there was the odd bench scattered here and there and I used one of these for my lie-down . |