Sentence examples for had hung around from inspiring English sources

"If Casey had hung around," he said by phone from Oakland, "he would have played in the big leagues or would have been a great player in Japan.

"For some time, a flock of birds had hung around Snoopy's house," Mr. Schulz said.

The killer turned out not to be a tattooed white thug who had hung around the fringes of Le Pen rallies but an Islamist thug who had hung around the fringes of jihadist Islam.

For years, Mr. Torres had hung around 103rd Street, though police records say he lives in the Bronx.

Jacobs, who had hung around without ever getting into a position to go for the win, seemed happy enough.

I'd last seen this almost a decade ago, and its rancid humour had hung around in my head ever since.

We've hung around and we're starting to believe.

He has hung around, although my dogs have chewed off his eyes.

Indeed, many executives who would once happily have hung around, being groomed for greatness, now leave far sooner.

Fischer's reminds me – I am Austrian – of the kind of restaurants we would have hung around in as children.

Having hung around long enough to make golf history, why not spend an afternoon reveling in it?