Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] the [noun sg] around " in BNC.
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| 1 | He tried to fit the image around the word ‘ quaint ’ , or rather the nearest Trob equivalent , which was ‘ that pleasant oddity of design found in the little coral houses of the sponge-eating pigmies on the Orohai peninsular ’ . |
| 2 | This system may be considered to model the flow around one of the loops of the Lorenz attractor , and so is a model of a model . |
| 3 | Following the award of Magna Carta in 1215 Elias helped distribute the charter around the shires , becoming an enthusiastic adherent of the rebel barons and preaching their cause at St Paul 's cross in London . |
| 4 | Swayze now plans to drive the car around Europe while promoting his new movie City Of Joy , which is released in Britain next week . |
| 5 | Perceptual lenses ground at home and school provide the youth with the equipment he uses to see the society around him . |
| 6 | Even as the flames seemed to deepen the blackness around them , the light gave comfort and a sense of security . |
| 7 | Finally , it is becoming increasingly evident that scientific enquiry is an ongoing narrative through which generations of thinkers have sought to understand the world around them , and also that narrative as a mode of knowledge can be used as a means of accommodating the logical paradoxes of contemporary sciences . |
| 8 | His subtle satisfaction seemed to permeate the space around them . |
| 9 | It was decided to stop the car around junction 16 to minimise the danger to the public and prevent any escapes . |
| 10 | A formal pool often serves a different function from an informal one , for in an appropriate setting it is often used to mirror the garden around it . |
| 11 | ‘ But I did feel a bit funny afterwards because it was so early and I did n't remember seeing the man around the house before . |
| 12 | The dykes he dug to create the farmland around Hatfield Moors can still be seen , harbouring the aquatic flora of the ancient fen : butter-yellow bladderwort and the feathery spires of mare's-tail . |
| 13 | white and light green oxide were used for the dabs of pale green on the lining fabric , and a scumble of pure white was used to highlight the grey around the backs of the shoes . |
| 14 | ‘ You 've got to wrap the strap around your foot . ’ |
| 15 | There were probably machines that could have lowered and pulled up the basket easily , but he 'd preferred to loop the wire around a pillar inside the Ship and , with Pion helping inside , to pull themselves up and down by sheer nomish effort . |
| 16 | Some women enjoy having the area around their anus stimulated with their partner 's mouth and tongue , a technique called ‘ anulingus ’ or ‘ rimming ’ . |
| 17 | As the service tunnel is driven probes are used to test the ground around the heading and remedial work is undertaken where necessary to strengthen the ground or prevent water penetration . |
| 18 | This had the effect of slowing the rate of rotation as the Sun was induced to emulate the filament around it . |
| 19 | There are various types of mutilation : 1 ) Circumcision Proper which involves removing the hood around the clitoris . |
| 20 | She began to untie the string around it . |
| 21 | Could we suggest paving the area around West Hall War Memorial . |
| 22 | The West Yorkshire team , based at Millgarth police station , Leeds , had selected 64 possible sites and began searching the area around Easton on Tuesday afternoon following advice from a former SAS officer . |
| 23 | Creggan was beginning to read the windscape around him and to plan a route by it . |
| 24 | Carolyn began to notice the household around her . |
| 25 | ‘ Once again I bought the suite first and decided to decorate the room around it , this time taking birds and blue as my themes . ’ |
| 26 | I bought the suite first and decided to decorate the room around it |
| 27 | And in her condition there was no way that she could have tied the rope around the beam , claimed prosecuting counsel , Rodney Klevan , QC . |
| 28 | The typical known user had been smoking heroin daily for about one to three years , having started the habit around the age of 16–18 , and was using 0.25–0.5 gram of heroin per day ( costing between 20 and 35 ) at the time of agency contact . |
| 29 | She could feel the words buzz through her flesh , starting at her neck and travelling downwards , until her whole body seemed to burn internally with a heat that could have flashed the water around them to steam . |
| 30 | If I was asked what I felt characterised the walking around Wensleydale , I would say that it has all the expanse and sweep of the bigger dales like Wharfedale but that it also has jewels of villages like West Burton and Askrigg and the fine falls of Hardraw and Aysgarth . |