Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] [vb pp] around the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is a solder attaching two discs of silver foil cupped around the copper core like the foil wrappers around a chocolate penny . |
| 2 | The new company also showed a new formula for a race car based around the 2-litre , four-cylinder , 16-valve engines that nearly all the big manufacturers have ( See sports news ) . |
| 3 | Especially so , since there is a big dead tree lying half in the water with a huge rubbish raft collected around the trunk . |
| 4 | The sergeant would appear from somewhere and you 'd dash the cigarette quickly , but the smoke aroma hung around the doorway . |
| 5 | The road traffic management system , similar to that used by electricity companies to operate the national supply grid , will be built around an improved version of the CITRAC system currently used on the M8 in Glasgow coupled to the more advanced FEDICS system used around the Firth of Forth . |
| 6 | Flipping lazily on to her back , she floated with her eyes closed for a moment , frowning as the sound of a door closing echoed around the pool . |
| 7 | Police activity centred around the offence and the apprehension of a perpetrator . |
| 8 | At last we reached Newgate , that loathsome pit of hell , the city prison built around the gatehouse of the old city wall . |
| 9 | The Chief Constable fussed around the Bishop , the press had been shut up , or anyway given a damn sight less than they would have been if it had n't been a priest 's body , or rather , head . |
| 10 | Using the gold frame and choosing either a rectangular or oval shape , you could then use a mid-brown mount with a gold line drawn around the aperture , and choose a plain cream or light beige silk or satin backing with a combination of flowers in various autumnal shades with some darker brown or green leaves , to help show off the flowers to their best advantage . |
| 11 | When news of a flourishing Swedish house scene began to break 18 months ago , it looked like being little more than a PR scam based around the fact that Neneh Cherry 's half-sister Titiyo could sing and came from Stockholm . |