Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [verb] around the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are some days when my car soars around the M25 like a bird . |
| 2 | Later , as the aircraft swooped down over many of the fields that were so familiar to me in my detecting rambles around the countryside , I soon realised that the weather had taken its toll on the cropmarks . |
| 3 | But I must n't let you run away with the impression that I spent all my time lounging around the pool . |
| 4 | Her mind raced around the nameless colours in the sky and the tantalising word warm which they refused to speak or explain . |
| 5 | Her glance went around the room . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Unless she was drunk , when her mouth curled around the delicious pleasure of The Beloved . |
| 8 | If she had n't been Mrs Arbuthnot , he 'd have told anyone else to stop spoiling her and give her work to do around the house . |
| 9 | The Special Branch knew everything about Claire Fraser because it was their job to dig around the politicians and their families , especially with an Irish connection like hers . |
| 10 | The bones of her skull rotted around the branch . |
| 11 | The mist disturbed by their passing closed around the coat which decorated the lantern pole . |
| 12 | Now more than ever their life revolves around the government ; and even where , as in the United States , they are formally independent organs of constitutional and political power , their relationship with the political executive can not be a purely critical or obstructive one . |
| 13 | Her voice reverberated around the classroom . |
| 14 | She says her life revolved around the ice rink — she had to fit her personal life in around her skating . |
| 15 | Then there were the ‘ Rowdies ’ , boys of 15 and 16 , who were the most identifiable group by virtue of their appearance , the noise they made and their tendency to run around the most . |
| 16 | This time instead of relying on her own memories stemming from her childhood centred around the home in Priesthouse Lane where she was born and still lives , Miss Rimmer armed herself with a tape recorder and interviewed the town 's oldest residents ranging in age from 70 to 99 . |
| 17 | Unfortunately she 's better at fixing sick engines than sick people and spends most of her time riding around the corridors on her collection of motorbikes . ’ |
| 18 | Nobody but a fool who believes his luck lies around the corner could be similarly influenced by the likes of Frankie . |
| 19 | At Cambridge his research centred around the embryology , anatomy , and taxonomy of Polyzoa and Cephalodiscus , for which he was the first of the Cambridge zoologists to use the binocular microscope . |
| 20 | His glance strayed around the kitchen . |
| 21 | Canon Wheeler allowed his eye to wander around the handsome room lit by the full , secure English sunlight and gazed for a moment through the window at the spire of Medewich 's beautiful Cathedral . |
| 22 | Having spent a couple of hours checking his rabbit snares around the low Severn grounds , the two fat rabbits now secure in his waist bag would indicate that this could be his lucky night It was now one thirty a.m . |
| 23 | Still the boy did n't speak , but when his father advanced around the table and stood over him , he looked up into his face . |
| 24 | More of his writing slithers around the passion of his text , the instruments chaffing the solo voice , the singer herself weaving restless melodic lines . |
| 25 | Frankly , only an MEP who spends his life flying around the Community at the taxpayer 's expense , would think of conducting such a fatuous experiment . |
| 26 | Since the Trust was founded Hillary has spent much of his life touring around the world raising money , always with the same enthusiasm that once took him to the top of Everest . |
| 27 | His voice echoed around the valley . |
| 28 | His companion glanced around the ground . |
| 29 | His hand clamped around the clever boy 's neck . |
| 30 | His hand circled around the fullness of her breast , and he squeezed with a gentle possessiveness that did violence to her breathing . |