Example sentences of "[noun sg] around the base [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A woman came out of her house and apparently poured a pot of tea around the base of a bush . |
| 2 | Cut away a neat edged circle around the base of trees and where the shrubs overhang the lawn . |
| 3 | The main road curves in a wide sweep around the base of Frostrow , a green hill forming a high barrier to the promised land , and enters Dentdale through an avenue of trees . |
| 4 | An unpruned bush may suffer from wind rock over winter , opening up a funnel around the base of the stem which could fill with water and freeze . |
| 5 | Hardy cyclamen and the winter aconite , Eranthis hyemalis , positively thrive in the dry soil ground around the base of mature trees . |
| 6 | He raised his arm to see its motion in the flesh of his thumb , and clamped his other hand around the base of the digit in the hope of stopping its further advance , gasping as though doused with ice-water. the pain was out of all proportion to the mite 's size , but he held both thumb and sobs hard , determined not to lose all dignity in front of his executioners . |
| 7 | Secure the blue ribbon around the base of the carousel . |
| 8 | 3 Wrap florists ' wire around the base of the pine-cones to create individual stems . |