Example sentences of "around the base " in BNC.
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| 31 | A male , after some preliminary hoots , suddenly takes a flying leap at one of the huge plank-like buttresses that radiate like fins around the base of some tall forest trees . |
| 32 | There was a broken branch half-buried in the bed of leaves around the base of the tree under which he stood . |
| 33 | There was a narrow stone path , Alexei now saw , around the base of the promontory beyond the buttress . |
| 34 | The four shockcorded aluminium poles are inserted into split mesh sleeves and secured around the base of the Oxford pu nylon groundsheet by inserting each end of the poles into small eyelets . |
| 35 | ‘ Around the base of the tree I 've planted cyclamen bulbs which look marvellous in spring , together with the snowdrops . |
| 36 | A woman came out of her house and apparently poured a pot of tea around the base of a bush . |
| 37 | In spring the garden is a feast of blossom and bulbs : snowflake or Loddon lilies clustered around the base of the trees , violet scillas scrambling down the banks and big , old-fashioned daffodils crowded around the mulberry tree . |
| 38 | The wolves clustered around the base of the tree looked up with interest at their next meal talking to himself . |
| 39 | Whatever it was , it sent her flying ; one minute she was up , the next lying in an uncomfortable heap , half in , half out of a pile of brambles that was growing around the base of a tree in a haphazard , choking sort of way . |
| 40 | Press the strip around the inside of the tin so that the snipped edge tucks neatly around the base , overlapping to allow the paper to curve . |
| 41 | Drape over , press down over the top and sides , and smooth to fit over the corners before trimming away excess around the base . |
| 42 | Trim away excess icing from around the base with a knife . |
| 43 | Trim off excess icing around the base . |
| 44 | Trim away excess around the base . |
| 45 | Trim away excess from around the base of the cake . |
| 46 | Cover the cake drum , smoothing on and trimming away excess around the base . |
| 47 | Using grey fondant trimmings , roll out and cut out long strips , 1cm ( ½ inch ) wide , to go around the base of the bus . |
| 48 | Lay the envelopes around the base of the postbox . |
| 49 | Cover the top and sides of the cake with the marzipan , press on and trim away excess around the base . |
| 50 | Secure the blue ribbon around the base of the carousel . |
| 51 | Trim off excess icing around the base . |
| 52 | Trim off excess icing around the base . |
| 53 | While the icing is still soft dampen the ends of the tentacles and press them , one at a time , around the base of the cake . |
| 54 | Trim away the icing from the carved hole and excess from around the base . |
| 55 | Trim off icing around the base , but let it still cover the drum slightly . |
| 56 | Use to cover the cake drum , smoothing over and trimming away excess around the base . |
| 57 | Use the circle to cover the dragon 's body , smoothing it over the curves and trimming away excess around the base . |
| 58 | Smooth the top edge into the white icing evenly , smooth over the joins and trim off excess around the base . |
| 59 | Press these around the sides of the cake and up around the base of the towers . |
| 60 | Roll out half the marzipan on a surface dusted with icing sugar or cornflour to a circle for covering the cake , and press on , smoothing over and trimming away excess around the base . |