Example sentences of "around [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Disk Compression/doubling — there have been rumours flying around about this facility for quite some time .
2 In the su around about this area , the the local housing estates , a great many of our investing members just live practically round the corner , so we get to know them very well .
3 AROUND about this time every year leaves fall off deciduous trees .
4 Forty eight and and presumably many of the people who are perhaps seventy drawing pensions , they may not have even paid in thirty years themselves , I mean they may be many of them may not have been around for that period of time .
5 How this name originated I have no idea , but I do know that it has been around for many generations for a jingle about this name has come down from the 19th century and it went : " Old Cribb , Young Cribb and Young Cribbs Son , if it had n't a been for Old Cribb there would n't have been none " .
6 I can not take the credit for inventing this — it has been around for many years .
7 Few ‘ moderate missions ’ are definite either , despite proposals that have been around for many years .
8 Hooker Phil Kearns , at only 24 , is undoubtedly going to be around for many years to come and successfully led the Australian under-21 team to victory over New Zealand under 21 's four years ago .
9 THE problems of keeping walls in mortuary and undertakers ' premises clean and hygienic , while still keeping them attractive for the staff , is one which has been around for many years .
10 Fax machines have been around for many years and the obvious benefit of being able to transmit documents and graphics by telephone is by no means newly perceived .
11 The idea of reproducing the unique taste , character and creamy head of Draught Guinness for the take-home market had been around for many years .
12 ‘ It 's what I hang around for all day , ’ said the poet , ‘ when your mother is doing something useful . ’
13 Before their arrival at Heathrow , their passports and tickets were confiscated ; when the British Airways plane landed , they were separated from the other passengers , put into a van and driven around for several hours before being forced back on the plane and sent out of the UK .
14 to collect the card but did Ms Sutton gracefully rise from her seat to hand it to her , no , she tossed it over the rim of the platform onto the floor below leaving the poor woman to scrabble around for several minutes looking for it and the , and the punch line is a little later an embarrassed Ms Sutton is contesting Cambridgeshire South West for the Lib Dems at the general election , apologised for her cavalier behaviour , let us hope she learnt from the experience yeah
15 The favourite trick , and this has been around for several years now , is to simply double the horizontal scanning frequency so that a 300 by 300 printer becomes a 300 by 600 .
16 There have been presentation graphics programs around for several years now in the PC marketplace ; programs such as Harvard Graphics , Lotus Freelance , Daverelle , Genigraphics and 35mm Express , all merrily turning out graphs , charts and text for use as presentation aids .
17 You 've just said you have n't been around for several weeks .
18 If the builders of this artificial paradise had not been around for several millennia — as Alex Bannen seemed to think — how come the flora and fauna had n't run riot and completely ruined the environment ?
19 ‘ 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 .
20 McLaren then began shopping around for another label , pointedly ignoring Virgin .
21 Throughout the entire 50 minutes of grilling on low heat , Judd Lander sits nervously , looking around for more people to ask questions .
22 Now become aware of your body and ‘ feel ’ around for any areas that still feel tense and repeat the tightening and releasing of the muscles until you feel deeply relaxed and at peace .
23 On short finals full flap is lowered , the speed is brought back to 75 kts and the propeller levers are moved into fully fine in case there is a need to go around for any reason .
24 If you look around for some field that has yet to be used in a crime story and then insist on using it when it has not filled you with enthusiasm , your book will be leaden .
25 So , being a nosey bugger , which I am , I went into David 's room and looked around for some evidence of what actually might have happened that weekend because I was completely stunned .
26 He looked around for some measure of comparison .
27 It would be wise to start rallying around for some back up !
28 He looked , little doubt of it , considerably relieved , but clearly there was something on his mind , for he stood hesitantly beside the table , his eyes scouting around for some object upon which to focus .
29 Meryl could sense the woman 's agitation and anger , and cast around for some diversion .
30 One song reveals the damaging influence on their minds of their sojourn in London : ‘ Soccer Fan ’ is a peon of praise to Everton 's midfield cruncher , Norman Whiteside. l CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT Get Ahead ( Mercury ) You can tell that Curiosity Killed The Cat have n't been around for some time .
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