Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] around the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other side of the story evolves around the person not as the object of demands imposed from the outside , but as the creator of such demands addressed to himself . |
| 2 | Like Iran , Morocco was ( and still is ) governed by an educated but often corrupt elite gathered around the person of the King . |
| 3 | Another posse gathered around the referee in the 56th minute after Young 's high challenge on Allen , for which the Wimbledon defender was booked . |
| 4 | He had spent much of the trial gazing around the court room particularly into the public gallery , but not once did he see Carol . |
| 5 | The snake coiled around the butt and pulled the trigger with its thrashing tail , firing one of the barrels and shooting Ahani fatally in the head . |
| 6 | The Glenmore Forest Park lies around the shores of the lovely Loch Morlich in the Cairngorms . |
| 7 | Nobody but a fool who believes his luck lies around the corner could be similarly influenced by the likes of Frankie . |
| 8 | The serpent coiled around the branches of the tree behind her enhances the foreboding of her appeal . |
| 9 | ‘ Our beloved Leader — our glorious Leader — ’ ( this repetition for the benefit of another , who responded , ‘ Long live the Leader ! ’ ) — ‘ has brought to his attention that someone who can still see this nation of the blind has noticed a certain car hanging around the hero 's house , filled with big bad men . |
| 10 | It 's also a personal ambition to go around the circuit . |
| 11 | A second factor which I 'd like to raise , and please stop me , sir , if I 'm not playing your ground rules here , is to get back to the original point made by Mr Davis , as to how this figure is going to be split between the districts , I think it 's absolutely essential that this figure is split between the districts , and it may well be , if you decide , sir , to recommend in favour of the new settlement that you may have to leave that as a floating figure to go around the districts , at the moment it is not . |
| 12 | The Black Country Museum is an open-air complex developed around the site of a group of lime-kilns , near the northern entrance to a tunnel on the Dudley Canal . |
| 13 | The doorway gaped around the guard . |
| 14 | As with his other borrowing , the " log " — a four- to six-pound weight hung around the child 's neck — he was trying " to copy this progressive idea of the age " . |
| 15 | The wind swirls around the Earth and its magnetic field , triggering spectacular aurorae . |
| 16 | Although it 's a bit on the big side to lug around the mountainside , I advise you to keep a copy handy as the cold nights draw in — it 'll ensure your skyline walking dreams stay with you through the winter . |
| 17 | Not only that , but the way the light came around the edges and through the door would enable you to perceive clearly and in three dimensions what was happening on the other side of the door ! |
| 18 | My lips felt engorged , there was a ringing in my ears , and I could feel the blood pumping around the veins in my head . |
| 19 | One reason for organising the 5 October 1968 march in Derry was that NICRA had always considered the city to be a natural focus for its attempts to raise the question of civil rights , but the demonstration was not the first attempt to organise around the issue in Derry . |
| 20 | There may also be signs that liquid rock flowed around the crater , from impact melted materials . |
| 21 | A void grows around the sewer or in the vicinity of it and eventually the ground above collapses into the void . |
| 22 | She subsided into silence for a few minutes , her glance going around the room , her fingers twining restlessly in her lap until his hand reached out and covered hers . |
| 23 | Slivers of light showed around the door . |
| 24 | A great deal of emotive talk exists around the subject of unemployment and , just as there are many different reasons for someone becoming employed , there are equally many r different needs that the unemployed have . |
| 25 | We were also delighted that so many employees and their families were able to join us in the evening after the opening ceremony to look around the plant for the first time . |
| 26 | Fighting intensified around the republic on Sunday in advance of recognition by the EC . |
| 27 | As he left the house Huy glanced around the square , and along the streets that led from it ; but there was no movement at any of the few windows which looked on to the street , and the handful of people about were all familiar to him . |
| 28 | A positive attitude , as shown here , is a prerequisite to each and every stroke played around the golf course . |
| 29 | A small , but thriving , woollen industry existed around the village then . |
| 30 | Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir took steps in mid-November to crush internal opposition based around the labour movement . |