Example sentences of "[pron] is around the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The large ships used during the BGS offshore reconnaissance geological mapping programme could not approach close inshore , and so there is around the United Kingdom coast a largely unexplored area stretching in places several kilometres offshore . |
| 2 | Perhaps Herpomyces is able to penetrate the host 's exoskeleton only where the exoskeleton is thin , as it is around the base of the sensory hairs that cover the cockroach antennae . |
| 3 | She explained : ‘ In a series you never know what is around the corner because the lines develop from episode to episode . |
| 4 | The positioning of the rose bed acts as a pivot to the design and also partially breaks the sight line , adding a degree of mystery as one wonders just what is around the corner . |
| 5 | Dyspnoea ; they wake from sleep with a sense of suffocation , a sense of choking which can come on in the first sleep , a sense of strangulation when lying and especially when anything is around the neck ; neck is very sensitive to touch . |