Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] around the " in BNC.
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| 1 | While I was around the bus at least 8 bottle of the fizzy stuff was transported onto the team bus for consumption on the way back . |
| 2 | But she was around the house long enough for me to figure out that whatever arguments she has with herself , at the end of the day she will find some really crackerjack reason for doing whatever it is she wanted to do anyway . |
| 3 | Well erm you see although I learned shorthand and typing it was better money and that was the reason I had to do it , I 've passed my exams in shorthand but er probably there were n't enough offices then to employ a good many clerks , but erm they er it was a very big fellow who used to ring the bell and the bell was on the outside , he was named Tom but I ca n't for the life of me think erm what his other name was but , erm it used to put the fear through us I can tell you if we were around the corner and we heard that bell ringing but erm they , they were a good firm to work for and , but they were strict but everywhere was strict in those days , we had to accept it but it was a long long hours , but erm they knew I had some , I , I enjoyed it and I 'd go back again only I 'm too old . |
| 4 | ‘ What did Miss Trunchbull call your father when they were around the house at home ? ’ |
| 5 | And it was around the locality that loyalty was built . |
| 6 | It was 1852 before freight receipts exceeded passenger receipts and it was around the same time that the railways overtook the canals to become the principal freight carriers . |
| 7 | It was around the family table that Blanc learned to respect food . |
| 8 | But this time the tape was sagging so low it was around the horse 's knees . |
| 9 | But this time the tape was sagging so low it was around the horse 's knees . |
| 10 | The man hurried on , throwing the leaflet in a waste-paper bin as soon as he was around the corner by the newspaper stand . |
| 11 | There was no motive , and Greg had no notion whether he was around the house at the time or not . |