Example sentences of "[be] around the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is no notable deceleration , but I do n't know that my mind was recording anything but fear , nor is there any particular screech or roll , but suddenly we 're around the corner and accelerating down towards the tunnel and Jackie 's saying , ‘ You can relax now , Keith . ’ |
| 2 | It is assumed therefore that virtually all children will travel along broadly the same curricular path in English , but that some will move more quickly , and further , than others ; and some may be around the level 1 attainments for the whole of their school careers . |
| 3 | We never sold anything of course but it gave me a sort of status plus it was a very interesting time to be around the art world . |
| 4 | In the words of Dunlop ( 1958 : 20 ) , the technological context of ‘ railroads has many distinctive features affecting the relations of managers and workers : the train operating divisions use small crews working together and in movement far from close and immediate supervision ; complex and expensive equipment is utilized with a high ratio of capital to worker ; … the costs of accidents can be consequential ; the hours of operations for equipment may be around the clock , and they do not conform to normal factory schedules … ’ . |
| 5 | The itching is very troublesome and may be around the vagina with burning soreness and redness . |
| 6 | The screens were around the bed and the draught from the door set them billowing like sails . |
| 7 | Can you tell me about the buildings that were around the airport ? |
| 8 | ‘ What did Miss Trunchbull call your father when they were around the house at home ? ’ |
| 9 | He wandered around for a couple of hours having chats with any of the old fellows who were around the place . ’ |
| 10 | Well erm you see although I learned shorthand and typing it was better money and that was the reason I had to do it , I 've passed my exams in shorthand but er probably there were n't enough offices then to employ a good many clerks , but erm they er it was a very big fellow who used to ring the bell and the bell was on the outside , he was named Tom but I ca n't for the life of me think erm what his other name was but , erm it used to put the fear through us I can tell you if we were around the corner and we heard that bell ringing but erm they , they were a good firm to work for and , but they were strict but everywhere was strict in those days , we had to accept it but it was a long long hours , but erm they knew I had some , I , I enjoyed it and I 'd go back again only I 'm too old . |
| 11 | Sam howled with laughter , as did those people who were around the cage at the same time . |
| 12 | Consultant pathologist Dr Brian Rogers said Jacob had no congenital malformations and died from a lack of oxygen which was probably caused by the umbilical cord being around the neck before birth . |
| 13 | Right at the end of the street was the wall of a very old building , the entrance being around the corner in Barnards Cross . |
| 14 | You can imagine the expression on our faces when she promptly replied ; ‘ Oh yes , it 's around the back . ’ |
| 15 | Most of the main roads are in good condition , but driving can be very tiring as there are many bends , and most of the roads are built onto the mountainside with deep ravines dropping away below , and you never quite know what 's around the corner — be it a bus straddling the centre of the road to take a corner or a group of children playing football in the road . |
| 16 | But it 's hard on Tour when you 're a long way from home and the only creature comforts you have are a television , a telephone and a McDonald 's around the corner . |
| 17 | We ate by the light of three candles and our eyes all shone like children 's around the table . |
| 18 | All right yeah well let's erm le let's stick to talking about the leaf stem for now cos we do n't want to go on er slagging off every bit of art that 's around the city centre do we Barbara otherwise |
| 19 | Obviously I do n't want a wife of Peter 's around the place if she 's not going to behave in a civil manner to me . ’ |
| 20 | ON THE fae of things , Michael Palin seems an unlikely double for the archetypal stiff upperlipped phlegmatic Englsihman Phileas Fogg , hero of Jules Verne 's Around the World in Eighty Days . |
| 21 | By about five weeks the embryo is around the size of the smaller illustration and is highly developed . |
| 22 | Perhaps Herpomyces is able to penetrate the host 's exoskeleton only where the exoskeleton is thin , as it is around the base of the sensory hairs that cover the cockroach antennae . |
| 23 | The most comprehensive available data on exploration for tin-tungsten is around the Mulberry open pit near Bodmin ; a large low-grade deposit . |
| 24 | A more specific example of how the culture of work profoundly influences the industrial worker is around the issue of assessment . |
| 25 | Dyspnoea ; they wake from sleep with a sense of suffocation , a sense of choking which can come on in the first sleep , a sense of strangulation when lying and especially when anything is around the neck ; neck is very sensitive to touch . |
| 26 | Biddlecombe 's new beat is around the horse sales … his year 's of racing expertise is being harnessed at last … and the best news of all is that he may soon be back in the saddle |
| 27 | She explained : ‘ In a series you never know what is around the corner because the lines develop from episode to episode . |
| 28 | Wagamama is around the corner from the British Museum , through a discreet glass door , past a sand-filled ashtray and down some stairs to a big white basement with a shiny open kitchen at one end . |
| 29 | Microsoft Corp chairman Bill Gates said he expects to ship the follow-on to Windows 3.1 , codenamed Chicago , in 1994 but declined to say at what point in the year the upgraded system will be launched : ‘ We should debunk any notion that Chicago is around the corner , ’ Gates told an audience of developers sponsored by Microsoft — ‘ All we can say is we expect it will be in 1994 and we 'll keep people in touch on that . ’ |
| 30 | Microsoft Corp chairman Bill Gates said he expects to ship the follow-on to Windows 3.1 , codenamed Chicago , in 1994 but declined to say at what point in the year the upgraded system will be launched : ‘ We should debunk any notion that Chicago is around the corner , ’ Gates told an audience of developers sponsored by Microsoft — ‘ All we can say is we expect it will be in 1994 and we 'll keep people in touch on that . ’ |