Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [noun sg] around " in BNC.
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| 1 | I met King around the time of Running In The Family , the follow-up to the all-conquering World Machine . |
| 2 | I grabbed Tiger around the waist , my chin against his chest . |
| 3 | I wrapped guilt around me like a thick overcoat , wallowed in it and even took shelter in it . |
| 4 | The program can be operated , in the main , with a mouse which speeds movement around the screen . |
| 5 | Dr Kavanagh 's monumental landscaping is visible evidence of the tumultuous row which took place around Patrick 's other grave in August when 100 members of Dublin 's literary set turned up at Inniskeen to bury the poet 's widow Katherine . |
| 6 | However , if you are a typical Piscean , then unexpected events or developments which took place around the time of the lunar eclipse in Aquarius on August 6th should have made you realise that you are now going through a phase when you must take certain drastic actions to safeguard your long-term comfort and security . |
| 7 | The heart is a pump which pumps blood around the body . |
| 8 | What good can you do mooning around worrying , picking at your food like an anorexic , and giving yourself splitting headaches ? |
| 9 | Now what to you want to know who recorded Rock Around the Clock first where 's Jerry Lee Lewis is tonight ? |
| 10 | The reinforced darkglass shattered , and she felt warmth around her hand as her durium-laced fingerbones stabbed through the man 's skull . |
| 11 | Life down on the farm is kiddie-sized in Niedersachen , German , where Thorsten , Manuela and Kornnelia Pape have been treated to a mini tractor by their father Klaus , who farms land around the village . |
| 12 | It is surely this trend in South Africa which must be resisted by those who love rugby around the world . |
| 13 | He graduated from St Andrew 's University , and to , in many ways , he was infinitely better educated and more intelligent than those who ran football around him , but nevertheless , erm , he never showed that , in erm , a sense of being superior . |
| 14 | They got a bi they got tinsel around the aerial |
| 15 | Gina paused to pass her approving gaze around the rest of the room . |
| 16 | Can you remember how we talked about the Romans having a very strong army and how they captured land around Rome around it 's lake and before long they 'd captured land all around the Mediterranean Sea and they formed that into what we call the Roman Empire . |
| 17 | For nurse Val Coulson , a step off the career ladder was taken mainly to enable her to fit work around her children . |
| 18 | Whatever they decide opinion around the university is mixed : |
| 19 | It 's the trend which has seen Martina Navratilova arrange her playing schedule around selected tournaments compatible with her receiving minimal strain on her knees and back . |
| 20 | The fact that it lacked heraldry around it was a sign that he belonged to no particular lord , though the blue sash announced he was attached to the Household of Ralarth . |
| 21 | Allegedly unhappy about the sanitation and the cockroaches but by his own admission surprising himself by pining for ‘ Kensington , Belgravia , phone boxes and iron railings ’ , Lawrence returned to Blighty and spent an extended sojourn in Windsor , where he assembled Denim around him . |
| 22 | He needed space around him . |
| 23 | What took place around the time of the lunar eclipse in Aquarius on August 6th and again on the 18th , when both Venus and Jupiter were eclipsed by the Moon in your opposite sign of Leo , seems to have upset the applecart . |
| 24 | What took place around the time of the lunar eclipse on August 6th must have made you wonder what possessed you to enter into one particular agreement . |