Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] build around the " in BNC.
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1 | Dinner parties were built around the episodes . |
2 | The whole episode was built around the book and before very long , and not for the first time , the fascist implications were there again , not only as far as Alf was concerned but , by implication , involving me too . |
3 | The little Spring Mill was built around the middle of the 19th century . |
4 | A 9″ concrete base was laid and after the conservatory was installed by contractors , a double-thickness ( 6″ ) brick wall was built around the edges of the pond , to a height of 2′ 6″ above ground , following the shape of the conservatory . |
5 | Sinn Fein 's success was built around the pledge that , if elected , they would refuse to take up their seats in Westminster and set up a separate Irish parliament instead . |
6 | For the prosperous merchants , substantial timber-framed houses were built around the gates of the Castle and Priory . |
7 | He came to Baldersdale a hundred years or so ago to help construct the Hury Reservoir — I think Low Birk Hatt was built around the same time . |