Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [vb pp] around the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was also highly theatrical , as his whole adult life had been : an airliner diverted to an unexpected destination , the body found dead on arrival , people already waiting at his destination to greet him before they heard the shocking news , grief and incredulity on all sides as the story spread around the world . |
| 2 | Come evening and Kos comes alive with the action centred around the ‘ Street of Much Music ’ where bars and restaurants stand shoulder to shoulder broadcasting pop and rock , across the ruins opposite , loud into the night . |
| 3 | The safety surface at the play area near his home in Kendal Drive , Great Sutton , had been torn up and the debris dumped around the climbing frame . |
| 4 | At the request of Nether Wyresdale Parish Council I wrote to you on 25th May concerning the state of the railway embankment on Station Lane Scorton and the mess left around the railway bridge on Gubberford Lane Scorton . |
| 5 | Another five reluctant paired birds took off as the panic spread around the pond . |
| 6 | The boy searched around the area but the man , or whatever had been a human , had gone leaving the boy bewildered and confused . |
| 7 | All the forensic evidence showed in support of the theory was that the timer used in the Lockerbie bomb appeared to be identical with a batch sold to the Libyans three years before the bombing , and that the clothing wrapped around the bomb came from Malta , which had close links with Libya . |
| 8 | The first stage took seven hours as the Prospector rattled around the edge of the Swan valley , tackling the gently undulating hill like a roller-coaster . |
| 9 | The fire had been kicked over , though , the ash distributed around the floor . |
| 10 | She was not heeded and later she argued that the party provided an extraordinary , unparalleled forum for kings and communists , dictators and democrats and that the attention given around the world to Iranian history and culture was invaluable . |
| 11 | The debate centred around the issue of state control of education , of which Williams was in favour , and in particular the Aristotelian view on the issue . |
| 12 | Even then the queue for the gig stretched around the block . |
| 13 | The procession wound around the whole tournament area , knights and men-at-arms acknowledging the cheers and cries of the crowd . |
| 14 | The narrow boat rocked slightly , a light from the galley filtered around the edge of the dividing curtain and now she heard the squeak as of a cupboard door . |
| 15 | The gendarme hurried around the table , drawing his truncheon as he came . |
| 16 | It puts me in mind of Marco Polo 's observations on the health promoting qualities of the soil found around the tomb of St Thomas in South India . |
| 17 | Much of the hearing centred around the carriage doorlock . |
| 18 | The Doctor paced around the excavation measuring the depth and imprint of the relics . |
| 19 | If this is so , it would explain the situation seen around the mouth of the Conwy Estuary in North Wales ( Fig. 6(12) and Fig. 31 ) . |
| 20 | She indicated the washing strewn around the kitchen . |
| 21 | The dualism is deemed disastrous because it prevents us from having a unified conception of the world built around the natural sciences , and because it leaves the relationship between the mental and the physical an insoluble mystery . |
| 22 | The discussion centred around the flexibility clause which is unlikely to be removed . |
| 23 | Schellenberg pulled the chain and the jangling echoed around the courtyard , bouncing from the walls . |
| 24 | There were virtually no drugs to be had in Teheran in those days ; the doctors dithered and the family prayed around the bed . |
| 25 | Rings of mist were forming as the temperature dropped around the peaks . |