Example sentences of "[noun pl] [was/were] around the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Olschewski said that profits were around the two figure million mark , but would n't provide more specific details . |
| 2 | For two years my father-in-law shuffled the money around various building societies , chasing the best interest rates , which at times were around the 20 per cent mark . |
| 3 | Most docks were around the Midlands ; over a hundred of these were on the Birmingham Canals . |
| 4 | By 1980 , registrations were around the 3,000 mark . |
| 5 | The screens were around the bed and the draught from the door set them billowing like sails . |