Example sentences of "and [noun sg] around " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( It is simply not true that all Spanish colonialists were brutal , arrogant exploiters of the indigenous peoples ; there was a great deal of theological questioning and guilt and struggle around this issue , as the lives of such men as Bartolomé de las Casas makes clear . ) |
| 2 | As the area still had very little industry , the profit generated by trade and agriculture around Danzig was hardly ever invested locally . |
| 3 | I have seen him striding through Soho eating a sandwich and talking to himself at the same time , oblivious to the cars and traffic and noise around him , deep in thought . |
| 4 | I rarely made a comment on what someone was wearing ; we would sit in a park or café or at home discussing image , beauty , fashion and advertising , and skirt around the more obvious , immediate issues of how we both looked , how we were dressed . |
| 5 | He was so kind , remained solid flesh and blood around me , made a solid shape against the trembling anguish calling itself mother . |
| 6 | Dampen ends slightly and wind around medium rollers . |
| 7 | Yet in the back of his mind this young man harbours a trunk full of doubts and confusion around sex . |
| 8 | ‘ The way I see it , ’ he said , strategically deploying troops and artillery around a wall-to-wall map , ‘ with a little more armour the Germans could be really kicking ass . ’ |
| 9 | Internationalisation — Company Programmes have developed an understanding of working with multicultural groups and the differing managerial styles and practice around the world . |
| 10 | They have their own zoo at the Amman palace and speed around the grounds in minijeeps . |
| 11 | A third has just returned from an overnight trip to Otterbur in the north-east of England Where it has been helping to move personnel and matériel around the ranges . |
| 12 | IBM and a few other US and Japanese companies provide the electronic means for much administrative and bureaucratic work at the heart of government and management around the world . |
| 13 | In the meantime it 's empty , although they generally turn up at weekends and mess around the place , painting bits and pieces and knocking in nails . |
| 14 | Because accessibility and mobility around the organisation are essential , ‘ you should go for the most generalist person you can get ’ , he said . |
| 15 | In more worldly Penzance the Mayor would , each Mid-summer 's eve , issue a proclamation that no bonfires were to be lit , knowing full well that , as evening fell crowds of youths would nonetheless throng the streets flourishing torches , rolling tar barrels and lighting fires at every town and village around Mounts Bay . |
| 16 | P.P. showed no consistent shifts of gaze to a target ; L.A.H. showed some visually guided reaching but poor shifts of gaze , and acuity around 1cycledeg -1 ( equivalent to a newborn ) . |
| 17 | , Flora Jane ( 1876–1947 ) , writer , was born in Juniper Hill , a hamlet in north-east Oxfordshire , 5 December 1876 , the eldest child in the family of four daughters and two sons of Albert Timms , a stonemason , originally from Buckingham , and his wife Emma , a nursemaid , daughter of John Dibber from Stoke Lyne , an ‘ eggler ’ , who took his pony and cart around local farms , collecting eggs and selling them in the market town . |
| 18 | After a welcome by the leaders of both parties we set off to show Jacques and Odile around Royston , which is steeped in history . |
| 19 | And troubleshot around various establishments . |
| 20 | After overexertion or straining of ligaments and joints when there is considerable swelling , bruising and inflammation around the joint . |
| 21 | Their flesh becomes as living flesh ; hair re-grows ; eyes reform in sockets , peeling scraps of flesh re-knit and group around bone . |
| 22 | A system , of greater barbarity can hardly be imagined ; the country being generally so wet , the means to air and dry it here used are , to exclude the sun and wind by the tall screens of underwood and forest around every field , and these being so small , a great number are so wood-locked , that it is a little surprising how the corn can ever be ripened . |
| 23 | Then the actual church which is iced by the third tier , the spires and decoration around the top of the building . |
| 24 | Then pull the skirt into an old stocking with its toe cut off and curve around the inside of your case . |
| 25 | I was anxious to get inside and nose around her furniture . |
| 26 | Acorn Cascade texturing roller creates bright splashback for basin , and border around window and skirting ( left & above ) ; Seashore ( right ) conjures up rippling water beach images . |
| 27 | The kind of technological developments demanded by the Plan , from new types of automobile propulsion to reformulated hair-sprays , will heavily influence technical research and development around the globe . |
| 28 | Proposals were put forward for new houses and development around the barn ; but because the barn itself was ignored , there were fears for its future . |
| 29 | Alternatively , an economical and effective way of securing your car is to fit a strong chain and padlock around the steering wheel and attach it to the seat , clutch or brake pedal . |
| 30 | Pete says they set off and race around a course … they are given a landmark such as a cross roads or a church and they have to fly to that point take pictures of it and the fastest there and back takes the points |