Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] around [art] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were also gallery-graves , sometimes called Clyde cairns because of their prevalence around the Clyde estuary , and very much resembling Irish burial chambers in their rectangular construction and internal division into separate compartments . |
| 2 | Old ships never die and doubtless she is still knocking around the East Coast , though I suppose old Payne may have made his last port by now I should be interested in an oil painting on canvas , or board ( which I suppose would come a bit cheaper ! ! ) showing her beating around the Foreland under sail in fairly heavy weather , say Force 6 … ’ |
| 3 | They often found their way around the Gulf , worked out of recognition , into coffee pots , jewel boxes and jewellery . |
| 4 | In 1600 ocean voyages were a rarity in England , but by 1700 ordinary English ships were able to find their way around the Atlantic and Indian oceans with little difficulty , and the money that Charles spent on Greenwich was among the most useful items of government expenditure of his age . |
| 5 | The path winds its way around the Newtown river and Clamerkin Lake providing some fine estuary walking and taking you inland a little . |
| 6 | All around , tacking between the galleys , milling around the Doge 's vessel , I see the myriad small craft by which for so many years Venice exerted its supremacy around the Adriatic shores . |
| 7 | In this second of his circuit around the Lake District , Paul Buttle outlines a further three days of great walking . |
| 8 | It certainly did for Simon Turner , who read a feature on these pages a year ago written by Godfrey Hodgson on his travels around the Michelin ‘ Red Rocker ’ hotels in the region around Toulouse in south-west France . |
| 9 | The realistic base to the novel consists of a sea-journey by Fenwick Turner , a former CIA agent , and his wife around the Chesapeake Bay . |
| 10 | There was Captain Show , a seemingly respectable ex-army man , who plied his trade around the Sunningdale area of the moor . |
| 11 | ‘ Where to next ? ’ he said , cupping his hand around the Marlboro he was trying to light . |
| 12 | A small man whose charm belied his determination , he had proved his abilities in action in France , and — what was probably more important at this stage of the commandos ' ill-fortunes — he knew his way around the Whitehall ministries . |
| 13 | Like some others of his generation around the Shah , he did not much like the Queen . |