Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] around [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sainsbury moved in around day two with a £200,000 press project that has now evolved into a £14.2m ( Media Register ) account . |
| 2 | The truck turned up around noon . |
| 3 | The postman usually bicycled up around mid-morning , a time when everyone in the house was busy or pretending to be . |
| 4 | I mean , I sold up around West Hill you said many a time , how we think that 's |
| 5 | After the necessary shunting the train returned eastwards around midday . |
| 6 | As we flew down around hairpin bends , I thanked Fate we were n't doing the day 's route in reverse ! |
| 7 | Talks broke down around lunchtime after the technical and clerical staff rejected a one point eight percent increase and an offer of profit related pay . |
| 8 | Dearlove 's study ( 1973 , ch. 8 ) of Kensington and Chelsea showed that the council 's response to groups revolved largely around councillor assessment of them . |
| 9 | My days revolved inevitably around bathtime , nappy changes , feeds and my ‘ mothers meetings ’ as they became known in our household . |
| 10 | We just went down around town . |