Example sentences of "was [vb pp] around the " in BNC.

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1 As Stephen Leacock and I walked down the street after that luncheon we found that a small crowd of students was gathered around the white statue .
2 The brown canvas delivery sack was hidden around the corner on a stone shelf , several inches above the rotten humus that blocked the culvert .
3 Second-hand machinery was scattered around the yard with new parts and modifications arriving daily .
4 Heavy fighting was reported around the cities of Shaqlawa and Sulaimaniya on April 13 in which 150 government troops were said to have been killed .
5 Given Brainerd 's background in the publishing industry , mainly newspapers , and the fact that he had just left Atex it is hardly surprising that the program was designed around the traditional ‘ cut and paste ’ working methods .
6 The first of the IBM PCs was designed around the Intel 8088 processor , an eight bit device which ran at a clock speed of 4.77MHz ( we 'll cover clock speeds a little later ) .
7 The meal was organised around the char which had been caught that afternoon , and Hope was touched at the extravagant praise lobbed his way for the provision of the excellent fish .
8 Pearson made no fewer than eight quota films in one year at Julius Hagen 's Twickenham Studios , where one small stage was occupied around the clock , and pictures that had been scripted in a fortnight were filmed in another two weeks .
9 The method used to spin both types was the same , a short whip of string or leather about eighteen inches in length was wound around the top which was then placed upright on the ground and steadied with one finger .
10 Controlling the way her image was seen around the world ensured that Kylie made the most of her success as her face became familiar all across the globe .
11 However until a site was found at Crich in 1959 , 45 was moved around the country , at one time being displayed at the Montagu Motor Museum in Hampshire .
12 One of the chief glories of this house is that it has been little altered since it was built around the middle of the sixteenth century .
13 The little Spring Mill was built around the middle of the 19th century .
14 He came to Baldersdale a hundred years or so ago to help construct the Hury Reservoir — I think Low Birk Hatt was built around the same time .
15 A 9″ concrete base was laid and after the conservatory was installed by contractors , a double-thickness ( 6″ ) brick wall was built around the edges of the pond , to a height of 2′ 6″ above ground , following the shape of the conservatory .
16 The whole episode was built around the book and before very long , and not for the first time , the fascist implications were there again , not only as far as Alf was concerned but , by implication , involving me too .
17 The oldest was built around the cave in which St Paul is said to have lived .
18 It was built around the shrine of Saint Alban , a Roman centurion who is said to be the first person in Britain to be executed for the Christian faith .
19 Sinn Fein 's success was built around the pledge that , if elected , they would refuse to take up their seats in Westminster and set up a separate Irish parliament instead .
20 It was built around the year 1800 at the crossing point of the brook and the Grand Union canal , which it carries above it .
21 An extensive education programme took everyone offsite on a two-day course , which was built around the Tom Peters philosophy .
22 She was stabbed around the genitals … and needed six stitches .
23 The National Unemployed Workers Movement and the less successful Minority Movement were the main instruments in the campaign for " immediate demands " which was organized around the " National Charter " of 1931 .
24 Recently I was shown around the offices of a community church that prides itself on its radical Christian commitment .
25 The tourist style was emphasized by the glossy travel-book which was handed around the audience .
26 It was wrapped around the body and over the left shoulder where it was draped in folds which nearly reached the floor .
27 ‘ The dinghy was wrapped around the front of the wheel strut and would n't leave the aircraft because of Derek 's frozen grip on the life-line .
28 Mr Evans also claimed signalling difficulties were caused because Capt Brown 's starting flag was wrapped around the stick after the second start .
29 Powered by a tiny 62 hp Czech Walter Mikron engine , it was timed around the 19757 King 's Cup course at Baginton at an incredible 144.5 mph .
30 He was born around the Darlington area and I heard that his family once had money , but lost it in some way .
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