Example sentences of "[noun sg] around the main [noun] " in BNC.

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1 They were also concerned about security around the main gate .
2 It was still empty and she wandered at will around the main hall , seeing only those involved in administration moving about .
3 Dezi 's visit to the showground continued with a canter around the main ring … and then he joined the grand parade .
4 Checking out Litla Skerry and the Vongs ( fangs ) — two isolated groups of rocks west of Out Skerries , where small groups of eider had been known to shelter — without finding any eider , we then went north around the main island , getting occasional glimpses of houses through the narrow entrances to the harbour .
5 They seem to be working their way around the main shopping areas of Britain over the last two years .
6 I trudged back to the city centre and tried to have a look around the main shopping district , forced to sprint squelchily from doorway to doorway and from one dripping awning to another ; but it was hopeless .
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