Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun sg] [vb past] around the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Small pleasure craft buzzed around the square-rigged giants of the sea as they left Liverpool in scenes reminiscent of the turn of the century when the port was the gateway to the Americas . |
| 2 | The posts were eventually taken down and themselves burnt before the mound was built over the top and the ring ditch dug around the outside . |
| 3 | The only oddities were the ( apparently quite normal ) clouds of smoke exuded by the Marbore IIs on shut-down and the speed with which the fuel bowser zoomed around the corner to refill our tanks . |
| 4 | Fresh coffee and fruit were ordered and soon the sound of the big brass pestle pounding the cardamom and coffee beans in the brass mortar rang around the court , announcing that we had visitors , come and make them welcome . |
| 5 | So the relative cheapness of having correspondence in string with just a fax machine dotted around the place instead of having machines and cameras and sound crews . |
| 6 | The restaurant owner went around the room , trying to separate the dancers . |
| 7 | The President and Chief Executive Officer looked around the table . |
| 8 | Until finally , after ten minutes of desperate plodding , the welcome sight of a cream stone building arose around the next bend , nestled among a clump of very wet , but suddenly beautiful , rich green trees . |
| 9 | 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 . |