Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] around " in BNC.
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| 1 | The net can be positioned either as a box or in an approximate circle around the warren site . |
| 2 | She wore no jewellery except for a simple band around her wedding finger . |
| 3 | She too was naked except for a small towel around her shoulders . |
| 4 | The French had to give up New France , surrendering the St. Lawrence valley and the east side of the Mississippi ( except for a small area around New Orleans ) to the British , and transfer to the Spanish what was left , so the Spanish empire in North America took a long step forward to the north-east from its base in Texas and New Mexico . |
| 5 | It filled the chamber , except for a circular space around the bank of screens . |
| 6 | They are transparent , shaped like the long slender leaves of a willow and without fins except for an undulating fringe around their margin . |
| 7 | The grass of the lawn is green in a circle around a sprinkler ( not turned on ) and in a smaller patch around a longstanding leak in the hose ; the rest is brown grass or bare , cracked earth . |