Example sentences of "[noun] were [adv] [verb] around the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shortly after , a similar deal was negotiated with a Canadian businessman , Joe Yanow , and ‘ Laura Ashley ’ shops were soon dotted around the major towns of Canada and Australia . |
| 2 | Bid stories were again swirling around the trading desks , with Hillsdown Holdings ( up 16 at 192p ) joining the list of usual suspects such as Kwik Save ( 5 better at 573p ) and Ranks Hovis McDougall ( firming 1 to 228p ) . |
| 3 | In newer areas one would expect main roads to form boundaries , yet residential areas in the past were often arranged around the town centre along major roads , so that in older areas a distributor with shops on either side may even form the centre of a residential district . |
| 4 | Richard had bitter enemies and his battles with the Archbishop of York concerning the seniority of Canterbury over York were still reverberating around the cloisters of the two cities although at the time of his death the supremacy of Canterbury had been resolved . |
| 5 | But in the aftermath of the bid , while suggestions that TI paid too much for Dowty were still flying around the City , the group won praise and respect from many analysts when it released a detailed account of the provisions it would be making in connection with the takeover — £87.1m in all , of which £41m represents asset write-offs and £46.1m additional expenditure that TI will have to incur . |
| 6 | Offensive slogans were also sprayed around the classroom by the thugs . |
| 7 | Hitler 's politics were deliberately constructed around the fears of the ‘ little man ’ , their ‘ little lives ’ in ‘ little villages ’ and the appeal of the nation as giving some sense to this struggle . |
| 8 | Weal marks were also found around the bitch 's abdomen from straps rubbing her skin . |