Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [noun pl] around the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't much care ; it was only the clumsiness of my fingers around the dip-in pen which was at fault , and nothing more intimate . |
| 2 | Bill Pritchard hurrying them on towards their objectives around the south entrance bridge ( 'D' ) beyond the old town , although Tiger Watson wanted to clear the Mole first . |
| 3 | We quickly made the acquaintance of everyone in our lane which was part of a very scattered village , and after the children started school there were always some of their friends around the house . |
| 4 | To inform teachers , lecturers and other academics of the work of AI and to encourage them to campaign on behalf of their colleagues around the world who have become the victims of human rights abuse . |
| 5 | Had Koi then bred true , in way of breeds of dog , it is debatable whether they would have captured and maintained the fascination of their keepers around the world . |
| 6 | And whether or not this advance notice had any bearing on the leak of Aviv 's confidential report to Congressman James Traficant and the media in November , the subsequent publication of its findings around the world undermined the credibility of Shaughnessy 's attempt to test the report 's conclusions to the point where no one seemed inclined to take it seriously . |
| 7 | Each of his friends around the table , he realizes , is surrounded with a kind of aura . |
| 8 | He threw one of his arms around the dog and ate from the same dish . |
| 9 | The BBC has unrivalled resources to deploy on a News Network : the expertise of our correspondents around the world , and in the nations and regions of the United Kingdom , the experience and quality of the World Service . |
| 10 | In this business , a sense of direction can mean the difference between laughing like a drain or getting caught with your trousers around the ankles of a friend you never had . |
| 11 | The Report 's recommendations were approved in principle by the European Community ( EC ) in 1971 and , as a prelude to the first stage , central banks were invited to restrict fluctuations in their currencies around the existing par values . |
| 12 | He cites IBM , which led a crusade for a rigid , high-tech statement in its buildings around the world , in order to convert people to a total vision of the new technological order . |
| 13 | I took a deep breath and ran my dagger under the rim of the casket , freeing the wooden pegs from their sockets around the edge of the coffin . |
| 14 | Samuel Pipkin , eagerness all over his face , had bounded up to the reading desk , arranged to look identical to that used by Dickens himself in his tours around the country . |
| 15 | We knew , from our travels around the country , that there were many buildings standing empty and derelict , and we decided to start a register , firstly to try to assess the scale of the problem and secondly to try to foster interest in their repair and restoration . |
| 16 | At least one day a week I like ( who said ‘ Liar ’ ) to devote to my chores around the house and garden . |
| 17 | ‘ Oh God , it 's going to be a terrible place ! ’ cries Howard to his fellow-guests around the Chases ' dinner table , holding his head and rocking it from side to side in humorous despair . |
| 18 | It certainly did for Simon Turner , who read a feature on these pages a year ago written by Godfrey Hodgson on his travels around the Michelin ‘ Red Rocker ’ hotels in the region around Toulouse in south-west France . |
| 19 | Thanks largely to our supporters around the world , we in UNICEF have put everything we can into our worldwide immunisation programme over the past few years . |
| 20 | He could apparently still afford to give me lamb and rice , but the mood among his friends around the table was despairing . |
| 21 | Pauline Bishop 's beautiful house by the Lake District has a cosmopolitan influence inspired by her travels around the world . |
| 22 | She helped out by taking the copy phoned in by our correspondents around the region . |