Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [adv] around [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nowadays we are so scattered about the country that it is very unlikely that any of us would have a Stainey just around the corner who could be relied upon to put up a first class polish . |
| 2 | John 's route first took him along the south coast of England during a heatwave then around the south west peninsula and Wales to Holyhead where he crossed to Dublin in November . |
| 3 | There 's a foodstall just around the corridor . |
| 4 | ‘ Tell me Barney , ’ she said quietly , ‘ are those boys I used to play with as a kid still around the locality ? |
| 5 | Fran jumped to her feet and swept a hand angrily around the office . |
| 6 | ‘ It makes me a lot faster around the court , ’ says the 20-year-old who was unseeded when he reached the semi-final of The Championships two years ago . |
| 7 | For example , consider the following exchange : A ( to passer by ) : I 've just run out of petrol B : Oh ; there 's a garage just around the corner Here B 's utterance may be taken to implicate that A may obtain petrol there , and he would certainly be being less than fully cooperative if he knew the garage was closed or was sold out of petrol ( hence the inference ) . |
| 8 | I think that is both a substantial amount of peer pressure and also the clearest possible indication that there is an expectation right around the world that people will put the communal benefit of a GATT agreement , before purely domestic interests . |