Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun pl] [was/were] [verb] around the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other Commando units were spread around the village in a very tight perimeter , and in places very close to the German positions . |
| 2 | The terror suspects were tailed around the clock by surveillance teams of about a dozen officers each . |
| 3 | Last year provided an instance of that , when the television cameras were congregated around the right hon. Gentleman 's home at the time of his departure from Government . |
| 4 | Men in shirtsleeves and women in summer dresses were strolling around the airport and ice-cream vendors were doing a brisk trade . |
| 5 | Dinner parties were built around the episodes . |
| 6 | Thousands of airline passengers were stranded around the country and abroad as the conditions forced air terminals in Boston , New York , Washington and Atlanta to close . |