Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [adj] around the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A very limited number of guards was apparent around the centre . |
| 2 | Fishing boats , barges and lighters were busy around the ships , full of men smashing the ice with picks , hammers and mallets . |
| 3 | They had also been floating in a jar of pickle in the curiobiological museum down in the cellars of Unseen University , since live salamanders were extinct around the Circle Sea . |
| 4 | The only section of the court that had a reputation for some seriousness and probity was that around the Queen . |
| 5 | As she had expected , the map was vague around the edges . |
| 6 | The boy 's face was grubby around the mouth . |