They put a fence around the swimming pool.

They sat around the table wondering what to do next.

Put the belt around your waist and then fasten it.

She travels around the country for her job.

There were roads leading off all around the house.

Books were spread all around the room.

I'll see you around three o'clock.

The dog ran around and around trying to catch its tail.

The guard entered the square and glanced around to see if any enemies were near.

The earth turns around on its axis.

It's around three inches tall and an inch wide.

It takes around 60 gallons of water to grow one avocado.

Plastic chairs have been around for thirty years.

Is she around? I want to ask her something.

It's a beautiful house with trees all around.

The vase is ten centimetres around.

There are lots of shops around.

There are rumours going around.

The road goes around to the orchard.

The crowd watched with excitement as the cars raced around.

She came around to my house.

I drove round to the office to pick up some files.

Is James around the office somewhere?

We should go around town and put posters up.

The course is organized around important historical events.

There were about fifteen people in our tour group.

I heard a crash at about ten o'clock last night.

I went to the library to look for a book about insects.

My presentation is about the effects of alcohol.

This book is about a king who loses his crown.

What do you think about the president's speech?

She was sitting at her desk, books lying all about.

He was dancing about, waving his lottery ticket in the air.

I was just about to step into the bath when the doorbell rang.

He whirled about and saw that his girlfriend was behind him.

The lake is approximately three miles about.

There are lots of cases of the measles about.

There's something about his voice that makes me nervous.

There were shots all about us.

There are lots of trees about the house and garden.

Not many people are about today.

The baby woke up in the middle of the night, crying, because Joe was banging around in the kitchen.

My manager likes to boss people around.

Over the holidays, I just bummed around and watched TV.

He's always buzzing around doing chores.

Wives don't want their husbands to cat around with other women.

One can never take him seriously; he's always clowning around.

The patient came around soon after his operation.

My parents aren't keen on my new boyfriend, but they'll come round when they get to know him.

Steve eventually came round to my opinion.

Jill always feels sad when the anniversary of her husband's death comes around.

The teenager spent the afternoon diddling around with his phone.

She didn't feel like doing anything, so she just dragged around all day.

Steve dropped round earlier, while you were out; I said you'd phone him when you got back.

As you'll be passing my house anyway, could you drop that paperwork around?

He began to fiddle around doing crossword puzzles, but soon noticed his English was improving.

She fiddled around with the things on her desk while I was talking.

He loved to fiddle about with old cars, but never actually fixed them up.

He followed me around all day.

The teacher told Bobby to stop fooling around in class.

The boss doesn't like people fooling around when they should be working.

Helen suspects that her husband has been fooling around.

He had fooled around with every girl in town before he met Helen.

Ben spent the afternoon fooling around with his new camera.

Stop f***ing about and get on with your work!

Stan was devastated when he discovered his girlfriend had been f***ing around behind his back.

He's fumbling around in the kitchen; can't you hear the noise?

We decided to gad around town for a while.

Gather round everybody! Richard has something to say!

I certainly get around in my job. This year, I've travelled to Korea, Australia and South Africa.

His arthritis makes it difficult for him to get around.

You can't get around the problem by pretending it doesn't exist.

When word got around that she was baking cookies, all the children appeared at her door.

Bill eventually got round to the washing-up.

One of these days, I will get around to making the trip to Paris.

The baby watched the top go round and laughed.

Each of the beautifully painted horses became visible as the carousel went around.

Do you think there'll be enough loaves and fishes to go around?

There's a nasty strain of flu going around.

He goes around looking filthy.

She goes about as if she owns the place.

There's a rumour going round that you're cheating on Tim.

I'll go round to your place when I'm done.

If you're done goofing around, maybe we could get some work done?

It's annoying when youths hang around at the bus stop intimidating customers.

I hung around for 30 minutes but Steve didn't show up.

Since Harvey started hanging around with a group of older boys, he is always getting in trouble.

We will leave our luggage at the hotel, as we don't want to have to haul it around with us all day.

Prices have increased all around.

Joe called for drinks all around to celebrate his good news.

This is a better solution all round.

David looked all around him, but Eleanor was nowhere to be seen.

Joe has developed into an all-around player for the basketball team.

The school aims to provide an all-around education for its students.

There were around fifty different tables at the job fair.

The engineers are working around the clock to get the project finished on time.

His mother is very sick and needs around-the-clock care.

It's best to be prepared because you never know what's around the corner.

A new bakery opened recently around the corner.

The Internet allows people around the world to share information.

Ferdinand Magellan's ship sailed around the world in the 1500s.

The heavy suitcase was lugged around the airport by my mother.

Stop beating around the bush and give me the real reason!

All this beating around the bush is starting to annoy me; just say yes or no!

I don't like it when bees buzz around my head.

She buzzed around the office, completing task after task.

You can change around the icons on your computer to make them more convenient.

The coach changed the players around to balance out the teams.

The change around in the team's coaching has helped them win many more games this year.

Mike's mom chauffeured him around to all of his activities..

During story time, the students clustered around their teacher and listened intently.

If you come round later, we can do our homework together.

Dab the pieces of butter around the top of the pie.

He got fired because d***ing around was his only real skill.

The runner dodged around the people in his path.

Jim ferreted around in the records.

The lawyer ferreted around for any evidence that the police might have missed.

The politician got around answering the question by changing the subject.

The businessman got around paying his taxes by using a loophole in the law.

I didn't get round to any of the tasks on my to-do list today.

This wall is so grubby; I must get round to repainting it.

I'm trying to get my head around the subjunctive, but I'm still not sure when to use it.

I had grown so fat that none of my belts would go around my waist.

The radio advised of heavy traffic downtown, so we went around the city instead.