Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [vb pp] around the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other Commando units were spread around the village in a very tight perimeter , and in places very close to the German positions . |
| 2 | There existed at that time , a real threat of an invasion of the British Isles by the French forces under Napoleon , so militia groups were formed and Martello Towers were erected around the more vulnerable coast line , to ward off and give warning of any sign of an invading fleet . |
| 3 | Pictures were flashed around the world of the two of them cavorting recklessly on a beach . |
| 4 | Dinner parties were built around the episodes . |
| 5 | Through the holes in the side of the Hongkong Banking Group building in Bishopsgate , papers fluttered on desks , books were scattered around the rooms . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Major area of the damage to the aircraft was centred around the propellers and undersides of the aircraft . |
| 8 | ‘ The concept for the last album was based around the idea that , if we 're going to use music to stop the destruction of the world , we need to look outwards . |
| 9 | Most of the resultant industry was concentrated around the new town of Middlesbrough , but in 1864 the Middleston Iron Company was founded . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Fighting was concentrated around the towns of Bosanski Brod in the north and Neum in the south . |
| 12 | In the Republic , as in the North , a parents ' movement to set up integrated schools was started around the same time . |
| 13 | Four of the eight servants in the Lundy household were seated around the scrubbed kitchen table , drinking tea , finishing their breakfast . |
| 14 | Low couches and upholstered cushions were dotted around the floor . |
| 15 | Spotlights were erected around the shelves . |
| 16 | Last year more than 12 million Z80 chips were sold around the world and incorporated into computers , telecommunications equipment and peripherals . |
| 17 | The traditional village was centred around the church with its white walls and red or grey stonework . |
| 18 | Mr Evans also claimed signalling difficulties were caused because Capt Brown 's starting flag was wrapped around the stick after the second start . |
| 19 | A six-mile exclusion zone was ordered around the ship while a tug towed the casualty further offshore . |
| 20 | The little Spring Mill was built around the middle of the 19th century . |
| 21 | LATIN American reaction to the new Bush Administration assertiveness remained unclear yesterday as troops were deployed around the US embassy in Nicaragua , and diplomats warned that the invasion of Panama was a dangerous precedent which could be used to justify further US intervention in the region . |
| 22 | James Price , Tom , Dolly and Carrie were seated around the room . |
| 23 | Opinion was mobilised around the paradoxical notion that it was Black people who represented a threat to the rule of law in Britain . |
| 24 | The Croydon was bounced around the sky like a pong-pong ball , and Fred Crocombe watched in grim horror as the Kollsman altimeter recorded prodigious amount of ascent and descent . |
| 25 | 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 ) . |
| 26 | Mr Robson told Cleveland Coroner Michael Sheffield the telephone was off the hook and things were scattered around the room . |
| 27 | Candles in jam-jars were set around the heap of boulders . |
| 28 | No evidence survives for the means by which the portraits of the emperor and his court were sent around the Empire . |
| 29 | Some sort of fire prevention had been in existence , for a number of hydrants were placed around the village and earlier in the same year extra hydrants were provided and the fire appliance committee was formed . |
| 30 | The yard at the side had been roughly roofed over with corrugated iron ; it was not entirely waterproof as buckets and other containers were dotted around the floor to catch the drips . |