Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [vb pp] around the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " But there are many other good signs all around us a maiden holding a spray of blossoms … a serpent entwined around the root of a lotus a phoenix in a prayerful attitude . " |
| 2 | Just before the official announcement , Sir Lewis had 140 copies of a video distributed around the group , letting staff know of the position and of future plans . |
| 3 | Help can be summoned from ACET or other services merely by pressing a button on a pendant worn around the neck . |
| 4 | ‘ Do n't just stand there , ’ said the sword ( in a voice like the sound of a finger dragged around the rim of a large empty wine glass ) . |
| 5 | We gave up expecting GLF to solve our problems because we could see that it was essentially a movement built around the freedom to choose and practise your own sexuality . |
| 6 | A discussion developed around the issue of training and it was felt that the foregoing discussion calls into question what you would want training for . |
| 7 | A worm curled around the globe . |
| 8 | With her mind on Jasper , what he was doing , with whom , she slept fitfully , rose many hours before anyone else was likely to , cleared the room of the little that was in it , fetched up Philip 's trestles and the paints and the rollers , rubbed over ceiling and walls with a duster tied around the head of a broom , swept off the floor the resulting films of dust . |
| 9 | A reinforcing plastic strip is also supplied , to feed into a slot sewn around the top : this keeps the ‘ Monster ’ open while you fill it . |