Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [noun pl] around the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The more ancient Antarctic specimens provide an opportunity for meteoriticists to compare the types of planetary debris that followed orbits around the Sun and across the Earth 's path half a million years ago , with those colliding with the Earth today . |
| 2 | The dying ripples of its massive tidal wave lapped up the English Channel , and the volcanic debris , wreathing the planet , altered weather and harvest patterns around the world for years afterwards . |
| 3 | Apart from putting things up , you 're bound to carry out a variety of odd fixing and repair jobs around the house . |
| 4 | These stones are the bread and butter of the manufacturing and retailing jewellers around the world , changing hands in packages of several hundred at a time without certification . |
| 5 | Co-operation by the UK Civil Aviation Authority has been excellent and MiG operators around the world are lending a hand with their experiences . |
| 6 | On two days a week he peddled art and printing materials around the country and , for the rest , he was nominally in charge of his father 's printing works . |
| 7 | While the other banks were opening and buying banks around the world to service the growing flows of international capital , Midland still relied on a network of correspondents . |
| 8 | ‘ We wanted to tour and sell records around the world but we could n't because we were locked in England on an indie label . |
| 9 | It is a very hard brick which is finely worked in various decorative details such as the Doric and Ionic pilasters which frame the windows on both the main floors and the elaborate dentil pediment and rusticated pilasters around the door . |
| 10 | Within hours of the explosion , IMDEC was designing , printing and distributing leaflets around the city , calling for volunteers to help . |
| 11 | The writer Cynthia Fuller produced poems to accompany the paintings and the gallery organised lectures and accompanied tours around the exhibition . |
| 12 | It will take eight months to complete , and take competitors around the globe . |
| 13 | In peacetime the Gazelle earns its living on such tasks as ferrying VIPs around the country . |