Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [noun sg] [vb past] around " in BNC.
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| 1 | After they 'd decided to restore a 200-year-old country cottage on the outskirts of Stroud , Gloucester , housewife Amanda Rawson and her husband scouted around auction rooms looking for furniture to suit it . |
| 2 | Clinton 's chief henchman , Venner , was an amiable enough fellow but his conversation revolved around bear and cock fighting and the virtues of one breed of horse over another . |
| 3 | He gasped her name as her body closed around him and then she was dominated by his power until she slid off the end of the world into warm darkness . |
| 4 | Unless she was drunk , when her mouth curled around the delicious pleasure of The Beloved . |
| 5 | Still the boy did n't speak , but when his father advanced around the table and stood over him , he looked up into his face . |
| 6 | Viewers latched on to , and sympathized with , a vulnerable character who was unable to keep a job — as a security guard he lost his dog and as a fireman he kept missing the fire engine — and roared with laughter as his world collapsed around him . |
| 7 | Critics generally agreed it was funny , but some admitted to feeling uneasy about laughing at Frank Spencer as his world collapsed around him . |