Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [noun sg] around " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We did not have enough heart or bravery around the penalty area where it matters most against a team that was committed and strong . |
| 2 | If the bags are full of rotting food , or there is a smell or filth around the place , then more action may need to be taken , but the first priority is establishing what the person concerned feels , before asking ‘ Would it be helpful for someone to come in and give a hand with tidying up ? ’ |
| 3 | One was not moving either weight or air around the countryside . |
| 4 | Swollen , inflamed parotids ; sub-mandibular glands too — they may be stony hard with a sensation of tension or pressure around them ; pains often shoot into the ears on swallowing ; dry rough throat with difficulty swallowing especially hot things ; pale face and skin . |
| 5 | He wanted only to be gone , to break out of the circle of reproach and injury around him . |
| 6 | The kind of technological developments demanded by the Plan , from new types of automobile propulsion to reformulated hair-sprays , will heavily influence technical research and development around the globe . |
| 7 | A team of eight scientists measured height , weight and girth around various parts of the body . |
| 8 | It is now generally acknowledged that a man is usually at the peak of sexual potency and performance around the early twenties ; thereafter a slow decline sets in . |
| 9 | I could put some such running , grasping lines of light and shadow around Nimue and Merlin . |
| 10 | Unusual soreness or redness around the mouth , nose or eyes . |
| 11 | No , I soon thought , not for me hang-gliding or white water canoeing or push-biking around the Himalayas or starring in parent/teacher bloody and painful , and of course exciting , rugby matches ! |
| 12 | The entrances can be defined as those holes exhibiting quantities of scraped-out sand or soil around them , whereas a bolt or exit hole is simply that , a hole in the ground with no other clue to its whereabouts than that hole . |
| 13 | They did as they were ordered , and when the arms began to flail again Mother Francis brought her hand in a resounding blow across Sister Mary 's face , sending her backwards against the wall , where she stood , quiet now , her mouth agape and froth around her lips . |
| 14 | He is everywhere , doing good things from building houses for the poor , helping farmers in Africa raise better crops and fight disease , to monitoring Panamanian elections , which he declared a fraud before it was officially agreed , and generally promoting peace and justice around the world . |
| 15 | We all know about Agassi and his paintshop clothes , his tinted hair and gold around his neck . |
| 16 | Year after year , for the next three decades , Franco harped in innumerable , interminable speeches to the National Council , to the Cortes , to the Armed Forces and to the nation , on the need for unity and solidarity around him , against the divisive forces of anti-Spain . |
| 17 | But now she felt cocooned in her own private shell of misery , as cut off from the noise and activity around her as if she were frozen in ice . |
| 18 | Give your garden a touch of class and character with a sundial as a focal point , and plant traditional herbs like thyme and lavender around the base . |
| 19 | Teachers taking part will be asked to work in threes , each group being given a theme or aspect around which to devise a short combination of movements . |
| 20 | Tie in or shorten long stems ; mound strawy manure or soil around stems in cold areas . |
| 21 | In more worldly Penzance the Mayor would , each Mid-summer 's eve , issue a proclamation that no bonfires were to be lit , knowing full well that , as evening fell crowds of youths would nonetheless throng the streets flourishing torches , rolling tar barrels and lighting fires at every town and village around Mounts Bay . |
| 22 | These poems are probably set in Somerset , but as most of Wordsworth 's social observation is directed towards the inhabitants of the Lake District , it would be as well to consider the economic history of that area in some detail before proceeding with Wordsworth 's reactions to the poverty and despair around him . |
| 23 | Requirements will include access for equipment and fire escapes , which may well affect layout of the site and space around buildings . |
| 24 | A system , of greater barbarity can hardly be imagined ; the country being generally so wet , the means to air and dry it here used are , to exclude the sun and wind by the tall screens of underwood and forest around every field , and these being so small , a great number are so wood-locked , that it is a little surprising how the corn can ever be ripened . |
| 25 | If the patio already has a wall or balustrade around it , this feature can be returned down the sides of the stairwell . |
| 26 | Put metal or plastic around the sides of doors . |
| 27 | ( It is simply not true that all Spanish colonialists were brutal , arrogant exploiters of the indigenous peoples ; there was a great deal of theological questioning and guilt and struggle around this issue , as the lives of such men as Bartolomé de las Casas makes clear . ) |
| 28 | Whilst sailing around with a comfortable posture , pick out all the details of the water and land around you . |
| 29 | But now she was a ball and chain around my ankle . |
| 30 | What had been a small dark circle was a larger dark circle , with just a suspicion of smoke or steam around its edges . |