Example sentences of "[noun sg] be all around " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both men had moved up in the world recently and the evidence of their new wealth was all around them in the curtains , the carpets , the original paintings and the quality of the ornaments and effects . |
| 2 | Their fuel is all around them . |
| 3 | Evidence is all around us , and the first step in any research is for the scientist to decide which of the many facts are of concern to him . |
| 4 | Examples of this relationship between power and ease of use are all around us . |
| 5 | Let us never forget that although the environment is all around us , it is not unalterable , that to change it is to influence people , that ecology is potent , the more so because it is often unnoticed . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't use drugs myself , but I grew up in the South Bronx where heroin use was all around me . |
| 7 | In November he gave an address at the Mary Institute ; the ghosts of the past were all around him as he spoke of the door into the schoolyard , the corridors , the whisperings of his enclosed childhood world . |
| 8 | The ghosts of love were all around her , holding her somehow . |
| 9 | Space is all around us , what will we find ? |
| 10 | Its message was all around him . |
| 11 | The sky was all around them , orange and crimson , passionate and dangerous . |
| 12 | ‘ True , I accept the legions of hell are all around us . |
| 13 | Pool was all around them . |
| 14 | The glory of boyhood is all around him , embraces him : The manliness of his father , the great name of his grandfather , adorn him : He shines like Apollo , striding the summits of Delos , Bringing great joy to Latona his mother . |
| 15 | The smell is all around me ; it 's him ; it 's his sweat , his smell . |
| 16 | Although we will go on to think about what is commonly thought of as spiritual healing in a later section of this book , true healing is all around us . |
| 17 | The apple as symbol is all around us but most of us would still think of it first as a tasty snack . |
| 18 | He follows in the water until the sea is all around him . |
| 19 | The people who add value are all around us , we 've got to find them and empower them to drive the changes which will make ICI a stronger player in all its businesses . |
| 20 | If that was so , Corbett thought , then sin was all around him . |