Example sentences of "[conj] around [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kuwait and the UAE in particular were reported to have exceeded their quotas during 1989 , and it was pointed out in the press that apart from these two countries , together with Iran , Iraq and Saudi Arabia , the other eight OPEC members were currently producing at or around their ceiling capacity , so that any further additions to output would come from those five major Gulf producers . |
| 2 | Despite the terror which as a result of his ruthlessness , cruelty and ungovernable rages his name evoked , he had by the time of the British invasion lost effective control of his country except around his mountain fortress of Magdala . |
| 3 | In one sense , it simply reflects the notion of getting students to read widely in and around their subject . |
| 4 | Then , with the fluidity usually only displayed by cartoon characters , she swooped down and around her daughter ; her arms cradled each shoulder and her face slid down next to Maisie 's . |
| 5 | When she had finished hanging out the washing , before she went for the weekly shop at SavaCentre , Sara applied her lipstick , and around her throat she squirted the toilet water which she had had for three years and never before used . |
| 6 | Miss Huntley claimed to have spent the Saturday by herself in and around her flat , doing a bit of shopping and cleaning before meeting a few friends — only one of whom appeared to have an address — and going on to a party around ten o'clock at night . |
| 7 | All through the film Sean Walsh had put his thin bony arm around her shoulder or on her knee and even on one particularly unpleasant occasion managed to get his hand sort of around her back , under her arm and around her breast . |
| 8 | Jailed for life in 1983 for six murders he claimed to have killed at least ten other young men mutilating the bodies and dumping their remains in and around his home in North London . |
| 9 | He murdered at least a dozen young men before burying their bodies in and around his home . |
| 10 | Prophete spent his exile in and around his deanery of Hereford until , after the revolution of 1399 , he was recalled at once to become one of the most active attenders on the royal council , doubtless to contribute bureaucratic flair to a government badly needing to prove its administrative competence . |
| 11 | Another problem was the oedema he was getting under his stomach and around his sheath . |
| 12 | My favourite cartoon is of a businessman standing in Wall Street selling boxes of matches and around his neck is a placard which says : ‘ I left it all to expert advice . ’ |
| 13 | With a little sigh , she slid her arms up and around his neck , her hands caressing his nape , allowing him to pull her hard up against the delightful seduction of his manhood . |
| 14 | Stern lived to witness and welcome the end of the reign of doctrine in and around his homeland . |
| 15 | The mixture of sugar and weedkiller sizzled and glared ; the intense light seared through me and clouds of smoke rolled up and around my head as I held my breath and my eyes watered . |
| 16 | It was suggested to me that what happens in and around our church in May , the publicity it receives , and the many thousands of leaflets we distribute , all help to raise awareness of Christian Aid in Scotland . |
| 17 | Consumers self-image is an important clue to purchase behaviour , for around it cluster wants and needs that serve to defend and enhance the idealised perceptions that most individuals have about themselves . |