Example sentences of "of [pos pn] [noun sg] around " in BNC.
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| 1 | OK , educate the child , educate the dog , but I could never let a child of mine walk around a ring with a big , powerful dog like that , because it is a big , powerful vicious beast . |
| 2 | There were also gallery-graves , sometimes called Clyde cairns because of their prevalence around the Clyde estuary , and very much resembling Irish burial chambers in their rectangular construction and internal division into separate compartments . |
| 3 | Astronomically , this is because as the Earth moves around on its axis every 24 hours , the Moon during the day and night moves through one-thirtieth of its orbit around the Earth . |
| 4 | Even with the credibility and power of the National Gallery 's support , the Barnes Foundation faces additional legal challenges if it ever hopes to take part of its collection around the world . |
| 5 | She rubbed the last of her bread around her plate . |
| 6 | Thus , in many post–1923 paintings there is a heightened realism that borders on the photographic , as is evident in the large-format flower paintings she began to making in 1924. 18 By so changing the apparent concerns of her art , O'Keeffe intended to end criticism that centered speculations about the meaning of her imagery around the fact that she was a woman artist expressing emotions that had not visual precedents — which was , of course , the way Stieglitz had promoted her from the beginning . |
| 7 | The smile blossomed on his lips and , lifting his hand , he coiled a lock of her hair around his finger , drawing her closer . |
| 8 | I feel better with some of her stuff around me . |
| 9 | She lived in Quay Street , Saltcoats and for as long as she was able to do so , spent much of her time around the harbour , conversing with the sailors amongst whom she had spent her life . |
| 10 | I do n't know where she lives but I believe she spends a lot of her time around one of the farms along the road . " |
| 11 | He met former James Bond girl Alison Doody in a Dublin nightspot on the last day of his trek around Ireland in the footsteps of ex-fiancee Julia Roberts . |
| 12 | In this second of his circuit around the Lake District , Paul Buttle outlines a further three days of great walking . |
| 13 | Like some others of his generation around the Shah , he did not much like the Queen . |
| 14 | But now high blood-pressure has forced Brown to cancel the European leg of his Humpin' Around The World Tour . |
| 15 | She quivered at the slide of his hand around the sensitive skin behind her ears , and tried to shake his hands off her hair without success . |
| 16 | ‘ You sit here quiet and watch the river , my love , ’ he muttered , as he wrapped the edges of his coat around her knees . |
| 17 | She loved the feel of his arm around her . |