Example sentences of "was [adv] around " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now it was the end of a disappointing Tour , he was somewhere around the 50 mark in the rankings , running out of money , and talking about going home . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | If that was so , Corbett thought , then sin was all around him . |
| 4 | The point Jesus was making was that it was all around them and they had n't noticed ! |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't use drugs myself , but I grew up in the South Bronx where heroin use was all around me . |
| 6 | Pool was all around them . |
| 7 | She was all around him . |
| 8 | It was all around me and I did not dare to go in any direction . |
| 9 | The rich scent of the flowers was all around them . |
| 10 | Its message was all around him . |
| 11 | It was all around her . |
| 12 | The sky was all around them , orange and crimson , passionate and dangerous . |
| 13 | And er I said to her , you know , you must realise that when we 're in here we can hear , no , you 'd of thought they was in around our feet ! |
| 14 | It was only around the fifth week of changing pills that Hal noticed changes in some of the regular customers . |
| 15 | Campaigning was largely around the qualities of presidential candidates ; economic reform and the position of Romania 's ethnic minorities were the substantive issues . |
| 16 | As it turned out , rather too much excitement was just around the corner . |
| 17 | For years articles like this have been heralding the ‘ impending ’ arrival of a new British Standard for plain clay roofing tiles : good news was just around the corner . |
| 18 | It was just around this stage that I became aware of the first footman beside me , who whispered : ‘ Miss Kenton would like a word with you , sir . |
| 19 | Caricature was just around the corner . |
| 20 | Gone are the days when Grandma lived down the road and Auntie Maud was just around the corner , each of them providing a comforting and experienced shoulder for the young mother to lean upon . |
| 21 | Home Rule was just around the corner . |
| 22 | They began a three-year love affair , but were not to marry until he had enjoyed the full fruits of the fame that was just around the corner . |
| 23 | That one or two might make enough money to pass as legitimately successful , but that most would go on hoping for and talking about the ‘ up for none touch ’ that was just around the corner if only this and that fell into place until they became little more than saloon-bar bores . |
| 24 | Trouble for the carefree couple , though , was just around the corner |
| 25 | When Sir Eric was appointed Rector in 1985 everyone was congratulating themselves that the financial squeeze on the universities , which had lasted 15 years , was now at an end and that stable funding was just around the corner . |
| 26 | But a new row was just around the corner . |
| 27 | He believed that the government had lost credibility , first by denying that any recession ever existed , then by claiming it was only minor , then by claiming that though perhaps it was severe the recovery was just around the corner . |
| 28 | It was just around the time you were born , Baptiste said : I do n't remember it either . |
| 29 | She stared out of the window and thought she could write a book in the time it was taking them to get to Nice , which really was just around the corner . |
| 30 | The malais began to think a triumph was just around the corner . |