Example sentences of "[verb] [pos pn] [noun] around [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't know my way around Beirut . ’ |
| 2 | My husband died 11 years ago and I built my world around Louis . |
| 3 | help them to find their way around school buildings . |
| 4 | Army personnel did not know their way around London and would need police escorts . |
| 5 | Marguerite flung her arms around Jenna and hugged her . |
| 6 | She soon found that they were English and she also felt a certain amount of unexpected dismay because the woman flung her arms around Felipe and kissed him . |
| 7 | Over 300 long distance backpacking routes wind their way around Britain and we 've picked out six of the best for you to try . |
| 8 | She sprang out and raced across with her boundless energy to fling her arms around Alain and hug him close . |
| 9 | Eo builds its communicators around AT&T Co 's Hobbit RISC chip , and is also backed by Matsushita Electric Industrial Co and Marubeni Corp as shareholders . |
| 10 | ‘ For the past few years I have built my life around rugby and I am happy to go on doing that until I ca n't go any further in the game ’ , he said . |
| 11 | As we march up the grass towards the motel building I put my arm around Laverne , who knows he 's in for it . |
| 12 | They travelled in open formation , picking their way around obstacles and frequently having to stop to mend punctures . |
| 13 | One notable sequel reported in the Sunday Times of 6 January was a demonstration mounted by a number of Saudi women , not normally allowed to drive , who sent away their drivers and drove their cars around Riyadh . |
| 14 | When she turned back again her expression made Mrs Files stand to reach her arm around Delia Sutherland 's shoulders . |
| 15 | How I long to see the black kid depicted as something other than the tam-donning , dope-smoking , unemployed gang member , structuring his life around reggae music , blues parties , and thieving , and phrasing his life 's ambitions in terms of one day to the next with little or no positive orientation to the world and an outlook flavoured by prejudice and ignorance . |
| 16 | Do n't show your face around Gere |
| 17 | Displaying his sense of humour , McKenzie quipped : ‘ I think I 've had my arms around Phil more often than I 've had them around my fiancee ’ . |
| 18 | A longterm shutdown , however , could force BP to ship its oil around Cape Horn . |
| 19 | She barged past police , threw her arms around Diana 's neck and kissed her on the cheek . |
| 20 | She threw her arms around Piers where he was sitting at the breakfast table , and nipped his neck with her teeth . |
| 21 | Whereupon Hargreaves threw his arms around Venetia and kissed her violently , pausing for breath only to make some comment about Public Ownership , as Giles sprawled upon the floor . |
| 22 | Falling back into step beside him , Vologsky threw his arm around Kirov 's shoulder , hugging him gently . |
| 23 | She folded her jumpers around sheets of tissue paper after ironing so that they would n't crease on the shelf . |
| 24 | She could imagine herself choosing a likely house , watching for its inhabitants to be out , gliding into it , getting her hands around valuables — after all , she did know what was valuable and what was n't . |
| 25 | She tried to put her arms around Anne , but could not . |
| 26 | Rohmer released his grip around Gilbert 's neck , grasping his face instead so that his jaw clamped shut and further speech was impossible . |
| 27 | Before he developed his wrap around technique a full figure took 18 months to make . |
| 28 | He wants to put his arm around John 's shoulder . |
| 29 | MAGIC MOMENT : Little Jessica throws her arms around Princess Diana |
| 30 | A balding Brummie called Martin throws his arms around Sue , and Samantha suggests that we all head upstairs to the room that locks from the inside . |