Example sentences of "[vb infin] around the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | We 're gon na rock Around The clock Tonight ! |
| 32 | ‘ Now with my Musical Busy Box , I can really rock around the cot . ’ |
| 33 | When she chased him she laughed all the time and they would run around the garden before collapsing in a heap together on the grassy slopes beside the vegetable patch . |
| 34 | FAMILIES of Shell employees and members of the public can look around the company 's Thornton Research Centre from 2pm-9pm today . |
| 35 | The more varied or diversified the business of the client , and the larger the amount of insurance to be placed , the more likely it is that he will look around the market for himself in order to obtain the best terms . |
| 36 | Ymor had on several occasions seen him look around the room with an expression of deep satisfaction . |
| 37 | One can look around the world but even though there are somewhat similar leathers produced in South America and Africa , they 're not really quite suitable for the better end of the Walsall trade . |
| 38 | When this was unsuccessful it would look around the cage where there was a long stick and suddenly it would decide to use it to rake in the fruit . |
| 39 | Litter is left on the slope , much of which is plastic which will never breakdown , but will blow around the mountainside for many years . |
| 40 | It is a standard carve gybe where , instead of letting the sail rotate around the front of the board , it is deliberately thrown overhead , involving a ‘ duck ’ underneath the sail . |
| 41 | I could float around the ward , and even went outside into the snow . |
| 42 | ‘ They do learn they do n't just float around the room being trees . ’ |
| 43 | He groped his way back towards her , and Cassie laughed again as she watched his stumbling progress around the bottom of the bed he gave it a wide berth , so perhaps the nineteen forties bed , which must occupy the same position as her own , was longer or wider than hers . |
| 44 | Your call should cost around the price of a first-class stamp . |
| 45 | Your call should cost around the price of a first class postcard . |
| 46 | I suspect that the hon. Member for Livingston ( Mr. Cook ) will skulk around the back alleys of the national health service scavenging for distress stories with which to regale us between now and the general election . |
| 47 | He said the company would decide around the middle of the year whether to go ahead with a major re-engineering of the advanced turboprop aircraft and revealed that launch aid was being sought from the Department of Trade and Industry . |
| 48 | He heard the Rover roar around the corner , accelerate past , then squeal to a stop and whine back in reverse . |
| 49 | I sha n't inspect the harness , I sha n't poke around the stables . |
| 50 | His composure would vanish , his grey eyes would shift around the room and , muttering something about antibiotics , he would disappear to the other end of the room , where some hours later he would be discovered at some local worthy 's side , discussing parking problems at Waitrose with the quiet authority of a great physician . |
| 51 | Any additional schooling costs would be included in the claim and , of course , the loss of the normal services provided by a wife : cooking , mending and any other tasks that she might perform around the home ( eg decorating ) . |
| 52 | ’ When they realise they 're being watched , they 'll move around the store from department to department , trying on different clothes , testing make-up and so on . |
| 53 | A system of post-horses and vouchers for supplies and hospitality ensured that royal messengers and royal agents ( including Lupus himself ) could move around the realm . |
| 54 | The new fighter will move around the area looking for openings in his opponent 's defence . |
| 55 | However , once you have done so , you can move around the file using PTR# and read back previously written data . |
| 56 | Er I should say that I 'm only saying this because it 's written in front of me , some churches apparently in York are putting on alternative festivities er I do n't think they 're trying very hard because I have n't heard of any and I certainly do n't move around the place , hear of any . |
| 57 | What may well be the most off-putting thought for some about this amplifier is , having glanced at the front panel , a fear of what could lurk around the back : does it resemble the buss panel of a 32-channel mixing desk , or the flight deck of a 757 ? |
| 58 | Focusing upon the development and activities of a number of groups in contrasting counties , the study pays close attention to their social composition , ideology and role in attempting to ensure that a consensus can develop around the provisions of the Act . |
| 59 | You can hammer around the statistics until the cows come home to argue that flying is less dangerous than any other form of transport . |
| 60 | Place them so that air can freely circulate around the back . |