Example sentences of "[been] around " in BNC.
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| 31 | Futch has been around boxing most of his life and he knows what an underdog can do if he gains confidence . |
| 32 | as if to illustrate this point I recently spoke to an angler on the Ribble and judging by the distance he held his hands apart — ’ Like this they were ! ’ — his recent catch of ’ two pounders ’ could easily have been around the 6lb mark ! |
| 33 | When you 've been around those guys a lot , you notice that they 're performers and that they perform for you . |
| 34 | The total volume of French defence spending for the period 1990-93 which was to have been around F470,000 million , ( in line with a 1987 law providing for a 6 per cent annual growth rate in real terms ) , was to be cut by approximately F42,000 million . |
| 35 | If he was Sorrel 's father , then he must have been around his mid-forties at least , but he 'd worn well . |
| 36 | OL' MARK Perry 's been around y'know — in at the start , an integral part , remember '77 — but apart from founding the fanzine , Sniffin' Glue , he 's never really made a go of it as a rocker . |
| 37 | But anyway , a lot of the detail , a lot of the detail seems to have been around the , the , the words that have , have , have been used in the document , but I 'll ask Paul to specifically respond to that . |
| 38 | Since most of our reporters have been around not nearly so long , last week 's story that mistakenly located the Cumberland Arms in Coronation was understandable . |
| 39 | That 's right yes and erm it was all er , now it is more , more mechanized , but still , they 're still , I do n't know whether they still do it cos I have n't been around Squires I do n't know whether they 'd do casting now , I have n't been down around for years and years , when I erm when I left and then I went into the leather trade and er started to learn leather cutting |
| 40 | A final technique is known as ‘ Noah 's Ark ’ — because it 's been around that long ! |
| 41 | In fact , he is one of the best professionals I have ever played with — and I 've been around a few years ! ’ |
| 42 | It then took me a while to realise the significance of it , but at last I remembered it had been around Dora Belle 's neck , the person who murdered Perk and she must have placed it in Perk 's hand when she buried her . |
| 43 | Yes a figure that 's been around that anyway , yes . |
| 44 | we know we 've had especially when you 've been around it to , ooh |
| 45 | Having worked and been around the Brighton first schools for many years , I would very much hope that the transition is not traumatic . |
| 46 | Having worked and been around the Brighton first schools for many years , I would very much hope that the transition is not traumatic . |
| 47 | I mean we 've er the working party 's actually been around the country looking at various other swimming pools in the areas and er just to get an idea on what we thought Didcot would really like . |
| 48 | I 've been around this house for |