Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pron] [adj] [noun sg] around " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is a place where the American equivalent of landed gentry revolves its social season around polo , yet where 30 miles away haute couture is denim overalls and a feed-store cap . |
| 2 | In discussing a different though related issue , Lacan observes that ‘ the latest developments in modern thought on language ’ are only a rediscovery of what was already known to Augustine , who ‘ orients his entire dialectic around these three poles , error , mistake , ambiguity of speech ’ . |
| 3 | As soon as she winds her black belt around her waist , however , her personality undergoes a remarkable change . |
| 4 | He puts his free arm around me and I hide my face in his chest . |
| 5 | It 's one aspect to the hobby which spreads our good name around the area , thus counteracting the mud being thrown by those who would consider responsible detectorists in a different light . |
| 6 | You 're confined to this place , ’ he waves his gangly arm around his tiny office in the Lords one Wednesday afternoon , ‘ stuff flies at you from left , right and centre , ’ he snorts , as his forehead furrows . |