Example sentences of "the [noun sg] around [art] [noun sg] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And as if the elements were ganging up on defenceless human beings , half the neighbourhood around the bridge was woken up at 3 o'clock on the morning of Sunday , 10 March by shouts of ‘ Fire ! ’ as a stable next to Sheppards ' workshops went up in flames . |
| 2 | The messy part was over , so the dust sheet came down , and the gap around the frame was pointed . |
| 3 | The interpretation of the complex form and history of the loch and the area around the settlement was much improved , a submerged causeway was located , and assorted artefacts were recovered . |
| 4 | In 1987–1988 the area around the pulpit was altered . |
| 5 | During that time the stench around the house was terrible . |
| 6 | The atmosphere around the house was pretty frosty what with Dawn 's long , cold looks and Jasper 's icy stares , so I decided to start introducing them formally . |
| 7 | Fig. 1.12 Root marks on bone : Recent cow rib from Draycott , Somerset ; the cow died in 1977 and was excavated 8 years later , and the vegetation around the bone was exclusively nettles ( breadth of root impressions is approximately 300 microns ) ; the root marks are shown in three increasing magnifications from top to bottom : A ×12 ; B ×15 , C ×75 . |
| 8 | For example , the hearse around the coffin was practically unseen after the third quarter of the fifteenth century , though it survived for the greater obsequies . |