Example sentences of "is [to-vb] around the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 One is to shop around the electricity companies and the other is to generate it yourself .
2 A romantic alternative for your honeymoon is to cruise around the islands and sheltered sea lochs of the of the West coast of Scotland , Britain 's last remaining wilderness .
3 One of the best ways of deciding which floorcovering to use where is to work around the house , thinking about what each room will need for the best combination of looks , durability , ease of cleaning and comfort , all at a price you can afford .
4 Her style is to run around the mat , changing direction at a moment 's notice , and then fly in for a throw .
5 I do n't know any of these fellow who are tearing around the place but the odds are first of all that they are unemployed , secondly that they feel that nobody really cares about them , thirdly that the only way to get any sort of excitement out of life is to charge around the way they do .
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