Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] circle [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A line constructed through the centres of the two circles cuts the left hand circle at Bishops Cannings and I must admit that at the time I did the preparation for the article thought little more about this point . |
| 2 | ‘ Something like that , ’ he said , and she fell sideways onto his lap and shut her eyes against the whirling room , her cheek stuck to the little glass circle of the monocle balanced on his chest . |
| 3 | No mystery tour of Britain should leave out the ancient stone circle of Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain — reputedly transported from County Kildare by the magician Merlin . |
| 4 | Top right : Merlin the magician is said to have transported the ancient stone circle of Stonehenge to Salisbury Plain from County Kildare . |
| 5 | In his drugged dreams he saw the silent faces crying ; he saw the loving mouth distorted with grief ; he knew about the humiliation and the want — all his fault , his fault , his responsibility , his wickedness , his weakness , his sin , his sacrificial past , the victim to what end — who was murdered at that powerful stone circle near Keswick ? |
| 6 | This requires 3.8 turns from lock-to-lock and provides a small turning circle of just 33.3ft ( 10.15m ) between kerbs and 34.8ft ( 10.6m ) between walls . |
| 7 | His chamber is decorated almost wholly in black and midnight blue , and an 8-yard diameter circle around the Oracle 's throne is covered in thick , slimy strands which look like a gooey spider 's web . |
| 8 | Place the red marzipan circle on top of the cake on the drum — it will overlap the cake slightly . |
| 9 | Technically speaking , this will certainly lead to the semi-recumbent stone circle of Strichen in the district of Banff and Buchan — but the dry guidebook makes no mention of a long , glorious stone wall , part of an old kitchen garden boundary ; in the distance loomed the huge ruined house of the Frasers . |
| 10 | Sophia Dorothea enjoyed the huge family circle at the Hanoverian court where she , being good-looking and lively , was a great favourite . |