Example sentences of "mill around the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All around , tacking between the galleys , milling around the Doge 's vessel , I see the myriad small craft by which for so many years Venice exerted its supremacy around the Adriatic shores . |
| 2 | Benny , Ace and Petion arrived to find them milling around the door , testing it for electrification with a bayonet whose handle was securely wrapped with oilcloth . |
| 3 | Forty to fifty lean tough dockers who were milling around the hut chatting and laughing , came to an expectant hush at his command . |
| 4 | Humans were milling around the base of the Ship . |
| 5 | Here , milling around the caviare , dwells all the menace and the glamour of the Unseen World . |
| 6 | Special effects ( sounds of waves lapping against the side of the ship and seagull cries ) were played over the public address system , milling around the aircraft were groundcrew all dressed in period Navy uniforms , and then the order to start engines was given . |
| 7 | The incident , which happened while several people including children were milling around the van , is being treated by police as attempted murder . |
| 8 | The incident , which happened while several people including children were milling around the van , is being treated by police as attempted murder . |
| 9 | The incident , which took place while several people , including children , were milling around the van , is being treated by police as attempted murder . |
| 10 | Before being taken to the platform , he was introduced to those members of the Committee who happened to be milling around the entrance . |
| 11 | They reached the shelter of the brick-built cainca far enough ahead of their pursuers to lock themselves in , and for several minutes the coolies milled around the building , trying without success to smash the stout wooden doors and shutters . |
| 12 | Cockneys , Irishmen , Poles , Jews , Chinamen ; all milled around the streets . |
| 13 | Yet I milled around the edge of the crowd at the demonstration feeling completely detached . |