Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] all around " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the stillness there was the buzz of bees , bird sound — royal bluebirds darted all around the mountain — the hum of the Urubamba twisting far below . |
| 2 | From this superb site , the hotel overlooks both Lake Garda and the colourful shops , restaurants , bars and boats dotted all around the shore line of the lake and in the harbour . |
| 3 | It is the scent of sweet basil , and it is coming from the far end of the market where a solitary wrinkled old man sits on an upturned basket , scores and scores of basil plants ringed all around him like a protective hedge . |
| 4 | Shadows moved all around them as if coming to life . |
| 5 | The Swimathon is a national event with swims held all around the country . |
| 6 | Thousands of similar slaves worked all around them . |
| 7 | Summarizing the argument , let me say that there are good reasons , based on sociobiological insights into hunting , which lead me to suppose that the cooperation , altruism and mutuality demanded by social-hunting techniques in 4-foot high hominids lacking all modern hunting technology meant that only the sons were likely at first to start to exploit the immense reserves of game which our gelada-like ancestors saw all around them on the savanna grasslands where they lived . |
| 8 | Soldiers stood all around the Knave of Hearts , and near the King was the White Rabbit , with a trumpet in one hand . |