Example sentences of "around [pron] and [vb past] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of the early sociologists were anxious about the social changes occurring around them and wanted to establish sociology as a comprehensive scientific discipline , charged with discovering sociological laws of behaviour and constructing social policy based on these laws . |
| 2 | The animals which fought there gave little heed to defence ; they massed around them and tried to engulf them . |
| 3 | She wrapped her arms around herself and began to pace the room . |
| 4 | Athelstan watched the scene around him and tried to keep his mind free of Benedicta and the petty jealousies which nagged him . |
| 5 | Afterwards Tock became suspicious of the world around him and refused to enter a room first until someone had checked it was safe . |
| 6 | With a groan , Harry tightened his arms around her and struggled to keep control of himself as he felt her response . |
| 7 | Elinor sat on the floor , allowing her long black hair to fall around her and started saying ‘ Yes … yes … yes , I know … ’ and ‘ Of course … ’ a lot . |
| 8 | Guido slipped an arm around her and bent to kiss her , then reached out suddenly to the stone urn beside them and pulled off the stem of a red geranium . |
| 9 | When it was the right shape she blew on it , then closed her fist around it and began to massage the bull 's neck and shoulders and back and rump , tapping it hard and rhythmically with the knuckles of the clenched fist . |