Example sentences of "[was/were] [noun pl] around the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She felt a moment 's self-consciousness and doubt , because she knew she had changed , too ; that there were lines around the emerald eyes that had n't been there last time he saw her . |
| 2 | Sometimes there were duckboards around the lips of the huge shell craters . |
| 3 | There were chairs around the sidelines with one or two pairs of beady eyes watching from the gloom . |
| 4 | The count said : ‘ It was a lovely day and there were dolphins around the boat . |
| 5 | No harrying is recorded for 992 , although a victory over part of the English navy is , and in 993 there were raids around the mouth of the Humber , and Bamburgh on the Northumbrian coast was sacked . |
| 6 | There were candles around the edge of it and an old aluminium bucket beside it . |
| 7 | The next day they were celebrities around the world . |