Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] and [noun sg] around " in BNC.
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| 1 | Year after year , for the next three decades , Franco harped in innumerable , interminable speeches to the National Council , to the Cortes , to the Armed Forces and to the nation , on the need for unity and solidarity around him , against the divisive forces of anti-Spain . |
| 2 | He wanted only to be gone , to break out of the circle of reproach and injury around him . |
| 3 | I could put some such running , grasping lines of light and shadow around Nimue and Merlin . |
| 4 | A system , of greater barbarity can hardly be imagined ; the country being generally so wet , the means to air and dry it here used are , to exclude the sun and wind by the tall screens of underwood and forest around every field , and these being so small , a great number are so wood-locked , that it is a little surprising how the corn can ever be ripened . |
| 5 | There was a silence ; then a growing murmur , that grew rapidly to a hubbub of comment and argument around Eachuinn Odhar , while he had his horn refilled to ease his throat and sat back , ears alert for the tone of the reaction . |
| 6 | IBM and a few other US and Japanese companies provide the electronic means for much administrative and bureaucratic work at the heart of government and management around the world . |
| 7 | Editor Mike Carlin revealed : ‘ There will be a lot of death and destruction around Metropolis because of the fight with Doomsday . |
| 8 | Birth parents have to wait for adoptees to choose to contact them and may therefore experience feelings of desperation and anticipation around the time when the adoptee would be 18 years old . |
| 9 | Give your garden a touch of class and character with a sundial as a focal point , and plant traditional herbs like thyme and lavender around the base . |
| 10 | After a decade spent watching the workings of the modern monarchy , writing numerous books , and pontificating on TV and radio around the world about the royal family , I thought I had a solid knowledge of the subject . |
| 11 | We therefore called on the Government to suspend the 14th Round pending the results of a Strategic Environmental Assessment of all aspects of the search for oil and gas around the coastline of Wales , but to no avail . |
| 12 | As the area still had very little industry , the profit generated by trade and agriculture around Danzig was hardly ever invested locally . |