Example sentences of "[art] few [noun pl] around the " in BNC.
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| 1 | After release the pigeon circles a few times around the release site for a few minutes and then flies off , usually in the approximate direction of its home loft . |
| 2 | The leader then proceeds to do a few activities around the table such as hitting it with both hands , scratching an ear , winking an eye or nodding backwards and forwards . |
| 3 | Delmar Benjamin 's GeeBee Replica flew each day and made a few passes around the pylons . |
| 4 | All the acts on tonight 's bill ( and a few others around the country ) would do well to have a long and critical look at what they 're doing and decide if people really need another adequate pop/rock/whatever band ! |
| 5 | Later Duhamel and his team were visited by an immaculate Inspector-General who told them they really ought to plant a few flowers around the gloomy station . |
| 6 | Flattening him to the ground and knocking the wind out of him , it had begun its killing process by throwing a few coils around the tree to anchor itself , and a few more round Laba , pinning his arms to his side . |
| 7 | In some regions , the cable is split into several parallel strands , and at a few points around the margin ( typically two or three ) the continuity of the cable is broken , the actin distribution appears disorderly , and the wound front is irregular rather than smoothly curved ; some of these discontinuities may represent sites of stronger attachment to the substratum . |
| 8 | He managed to keep working , paid for his board and lodging , helped her to look after the handicapped boy and did a few jobs around the house . |
| 9 | In the meantime , archery had retained its appeal in a few places around the country , two of them being the neighbouring Ayrshire towns of Irvine and Kilwinning , in both of which contests were held annually . |
| 10 | He 'd scattered a few items around the place so that anybody looking in through the window would get the impression that the owner was in residence but out for the day or the evening : a box of tissues and some magazines in the main room , a half-empty bottle of fresh milk and some crockery draining in the kitchen . |
| 11 | You were n't supposed to stick anything on the walls , but Jamila had pinned up poems by Christina Rossetti , Plath , Shelley and other vegetarians , which she copied out of library books and read when she stretched her legs by taking a few steps around the tiny room . |