Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] around the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't much care ; it was only the clumsiness of my fingers around the dip-in pen which was at fault , and nothing more intimate . |
| 2 | I remember the war and my travels around the world . |
| 3 | At least one day a week I like ( who said ‘ Liar ’ ) to devote to my chores around the house and garden . |
| 4 | You could n't keep bulls for long or the strain in your herd would have been weakened by in-breeding , so there was a regular turnover , and quite often farms would loan out their bulls around the Dales before selling them out of the area . |
| 5 | Delia Sutherland closed her fingers around the inside of his elbow with a pressure that could have been the overture to an embrace but he knew it was not . |
| 6 | Finally , she grabbed hold of the dispenser 's cooling fin whilst it was waving a krill doughnut around in a vain attempt to attract custom , pulled it close and , in a casual and unremarkable manner , moved her hand down to the dispenser 's access plate and ran her fingers around the seam until she felt a magnetic bolt buzzing beneath her fingers . |
| 7 | She curled her fingers around the shard in her palm , slipped it back into the thin pouch of cotton hidden inside the skirts of her dress . |
| 8 | She slid past him and curled her fingers around the thin wheel with its padded sleeve . |
| 9 | ‘ Mark was my brother , ’ she declared harshly , curling her fingers around the handle , ‘ and you helped kill him . ’ |
| 10 | Taking her trembling hand downwards , he cupped her fingers around the heavy heat of his sex . |
| 11 | The idea of progressive evolution formed a natural foundation for the belief that European civilization was the high point of human achievement , destined to spread its values around the world by conversion or conquest . |
| 12 | The highlight of the event will be tomorrow , when they will get the chance to drive their cars around the original test-track and be taken on a tour of the factory . |
| 13 | How much more bad publicity do the Government have to get on the failure of their housing programme from the Duke of Edinburgh , Conservative councillors and their supporters around the country before they do what we are all asking them to do and undertake a planned release of the capital receipts ? |
| 14 | The Report 's recommendations were approved in principle by the European Community ( EC ) in 1971 and , as a prelude to the first stage , central banks were invited to restrict fluctuations in their currencies around the existing par values . |
| 15 | The inhabitants have structured their lives around the ocean . |
| 16 | Of the two European companies that did become members , Méliès had built its fortunes around the genius of one innovative filmmaker , whereas Pathé had deliberately set out on an internationalist path , making films not only in France but also in Britain , the US , Italy , Germany , Russia and Japan . |
| 17 | He cites IBM , which led a crusade for a rigid , high-tech statement in its buildings around the world , in order to convert people to a total vision of the new technological order . |
| 18 | Its bases around the Bay were staffed by a total of only a few hundred men . |
| 19 | I took a deep breath and ran my dagger under the rim of the casket , freeing the wooden pegs from their sockets around the edge of the coffin . |
| 20 | Pauline Bishop 's beautiful house by the Lake District has a cosmopolitan influence inspired by her travels around the world . |
| 21 | A little of the festive warmth seemed to die out of the air as they took their places around the low coffee table in the corner of the great hangar . |
| 22 | Chauffeurs had met them at their Inn on the Park hotel , at seven o'clock sharp ; and at five minutes to eight they had taken their seats around the long elliptical table at European headquarters to ensure the meeting began on time , at precisely eight o'clock . |
| 23 | When mature , the female threadworm lays her eggs around the bottom . |
| 24 | Kelly tied her laces around the back of her heel to combat loose shoes but ended up with a rubbed Achilles tendon . |
| 25 | Unenthusiastically , the men shone their torches around the couplings and flexible connections , but each and everyone of them was aware of the overpowering feeling of evil . |
| 26 | Proud people of THORP get a chance to show their relatives around the giant Sellafield complex . |
| 27 | CRMF 's major national fund raising event , The World 's Biggest Coffee Morning on 1st October , was enthusiastically supported by Johnson Matthey staff and their families around the country . |
| 28 | The proud people who designed , built , commissioned and operated THORP got the chance to show their families around the huge Sellafield complex . |
| 29 | Although it is clear that Gascoigne is way beyond his peers in what is an era of ordinary players , Taylor 's predecessors — Don Revie , Ron Greenwood and Bobby Robson — all shunned the opportunity of building their teams around the most talented players at their disposal . |
| 30 | Pain and pan : The tranquillity of Provence has been disturbed by the War of the Bakers NATASHA STEWART Rippling torsos sell everything from ice-cream to watches , while beefcake bimbos like the Chippendales have helped to swell the number of regular weight-trainers to 500,000 as they twitch their biceps around the world . |