Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [vb pp] around the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | It was also highly theatrical , as his whole adult life had been : an airliner diverted to an unexpected destination , the body found dead on arrival , people already waiting at his destination to greet him before they heard the shocking news , grief and incredulity on all sides as the story spread around the world . |
2 | The safety surface at the play area near his home in Kendal Drive , Great Sutton , had been torn up and the debris dumped around the climbing frame . |
3 | At the request of Nether Wyresdale Parish Council I wrote to you on 25th May concerning the state of the railway embankment on Station Lane Scorton and the mess left around the railway bridge on Gubberford Lane Scorton . |
4 | Another five reluctant paired birds took off as the panic spread around the pond . |
5 | The boy searched around the area but the man , or whatever had been a human , had gone leaving the boy bewildered and confused . |
6 | All the forensic evidence showed in support of the theory was that the timer used in the Lockerbie bomb appeared to be identical with a batch sold to the Libyans three years before the bombing , and that the clothing wrapped around the bomb came from Malta , which had close links with Libya . |
7 | The first stage took seven hours as the Prospector rattled around the edge of the Swan valley , tackling the gently undulating hill like a roller-coaster . |
8 | The fire had been kicked over , though , the ash distributed around the floor . |
9 | She was not heeded and later she argued that the party provided an extraordinary , unparalleled forum for kings and communists , dictators and democrats and that the attention given around the world to Iranian history and culture was invaluable . |
10 | The debate centred around the issue of state control of education , of which Williams was in favour , and in particular the Aristotelian view on the issue . |
11 | Even then the queue for the gig stretched around the block . |
12 | The narrow boat rocked slightly , a light from the galley filtered around the edge of the dividing curtain and now she heard the squeak as of a cupboard door . |
13 | The gendarme hurried around the table , drawing his truncheon as he came . |
14 | It puts me in mind of Marco Polo 's observations on the health promoting qualities of the soil found around the tomb of St Thomas in South India . |
15 | Much of the hearing centred around the carriage doorlock . |
16 | The Doctor paced around the excavation measuring the depth and imprint of the relics . |
17 | If this is so , it would explain the situation seen around the mouth of the Conwy Estuary in North Wales ( Fig. 6(12) and Fig. 31 ) . |
18 | She indicated the washing strewn around the kitchen . |
19 | The discussion centred around the flexibility clause which is unlikely to be removed . |
20 | Schellenberg pulled the chain and the jangling echoed around the courtyard , bouncing from the walls . |
21 | There were virtually no drugs to be had in Teheran in those days ; the doctors dithered and the family prayed around the bed . |