Example sentences of "his [noun] around " in BNC.
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| 1 | Strikes followed his progress around the nation 's seagoing communities , the union in Sunderland being cast in the role of a mere spectator . |
| 2 | The man had his fingers around the woman 's throat and was banging her head against the back of the seat . |
| 3 | Holding the ring in his hand , he closed his fingers around it and squeezed . |
| 4 | She took the gun , and put it into his hand properly , wrapping his fingers around the butt , shoving his forefinger through the trigger-guard , and held the barrel to his ear . |
| 5 | As the figure closed his fingers around her lapels she clenched her fists together and forced her arms up between his arms until her hands met in front of her face , forcing him to loosen his grip . |
| 6 | He locked his fingers around the joystick again and gripped it tightly in the angle of the dive , hearing the engine-note climb and the wing bracings develop a piercing whistle that merged into a slow shriek . |
| 7 | He was using an elderly Austin A35 van to ferry himself and his sons around London . |
| 8 | Dismounting , Joseph drew his blanket around him and , carrying his rifle in the crook of his arm , proudly offered it to Howard . |
| 9 | Madeleine fastened his napkin around his neck . |
| 10 | He met former James Bond girl Alison Doody in a Dublin nightspot on the last day of his trek around Ireland in the footsteps of ex-fiancee Julia Roberts . |
| 11 | TONIGHT , as usual , 34-year-old Tony Doyle will be pedalling his bike around an indoor circuit in Europe . |
| 12 | Backed by his men and by the many planetary troopers who were unpolluted and loyal to the governor , he had commenced his activities around a ring of other cities than the capital , moving from one to the next , destroying . |
| 13 | Particularly beautiful is the lunette of Christ as the Good Shepherd depicted as a young man seated with His sheep around Him . |
| 14 | Jacklin instanced the case of Jim Colbert , a good friend and a solid journeyman professional on the regular US Tour in his heyday , who has now made $1.8 million on the US Seniors Tour and pays his caddie $140,000 a year just to drive his clubs around the course in a golf kart . |
| 15 | ( GUIL stirs restlessly , pulling his cloak around him . ) |
| 16 | Corbett tugged his cloak around him and strode back towards the priory building , not caring whether he shattered the peace of a convent where so many dark deeds had been committed . |
| 17 | Athelstan swung his cloak around him , picked up his writing tray and examined the beautiful embroidery of the dorsar draped over the back of one of the chairs . |
| 18 | Alan sat down again , knotting his legs around one another so that he made a dangerously tight parcel . |
| 19 | He pushed her down on to his bunk , pulling his duvet around her , then took a fresh towel and began to dry her hair . |
| 20 | ‘ I like this , ’ he says , running his eyes around Kier and Dmitry 's bedroom , ‘ but mine is much more black and white , and much smaller . |
| 21 | He drew his gun , letting it guide his eyes around the rest of the chamber . |
| 22 | Vinoba in his pilgrimages around India asking for land to be distributed to the poor said , ‘ I myself went one day to the temple of Deogar , but the priests beat me because I brought my brothers , the pariahs ( outcastes ) there . |
| 23 | Robinson , nicknamed ‘ Billy Whizz ’ for his speed around the park , has been utilised on the wing and at hooker for spells in his opening games . |
| 24 | He could be genuinely offering her his guidance around the exposition or he could be offering her guidance in the art of something else ! |
| 25 | During his spin around Phoenix , the ambassador remarked that the climate and surroundings reminded him of home . |
| 26 | In this second of his circuit around the Lake District , Paul Buttle outlines a further three days of great walking . |
| 27 | Sir Daniel Fleming was certainly interested in the formerly productive mines in his fells around Coniston , but it is not until 1658 is there further note of mines and then not for copper viz : |
| 28 | Rohmer released his grip around Gilbert 's neck , grasping his face instead so that his jaw clamped shut and further speech was impossible . |
| 29 | She felt her hands slide to his shoulders as his grip around her tightened , and the hardness of those shoulders , the power she could feel in them , sent a shiver of long-forgotten yearning tearing through her . |
| 30 | ‘ Oh , God , ’ Ruth breathed with such distress that Fernando tightened his grip around her , folding her so hard into his tense body that she clung to him hotly . |