Example sentences of "his [noun sg] 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 | Dismounting , Joseph drew his blanket around him and , carrying his rifle in the crook of his arm , proudly offered it to Howard . |
| 3 | Madeleine fastened his napkin around his neck . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | TONIGHT , as usual , 34-year-old Tony Doyle will be pedalling his bike around an indoor circuit in Europe . |
| 6 | ( GUIL stirs restlessly , pulling his cloak around him . ) |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | He pushed her down on to his bunk , pulling his duvet around her , then took a fresh towel and began to dry her hair . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | He could be genuinely offering her his guidance around the exposition or he could be offering her guidance in the art of something else ! |
| 12 | During his spin around Phoenix , the ambassador remarked that the climate and surroundings reminded him of home . |
| 13 | In this second of his circuit around the Lake District , Paul Buttle outlines a further three days of great walking . |
| 14 | Rohmer released his grip around Gilbert 's neck , grasping his face instead so that his jaw clamped shut and further speech was impossible . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ 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 . |
| 17 | I see an overweight middle-aged man struggling to close it again whilst trying to hold his towel around his middle . |
| 18 | He cinched his towel around his hips , then bent and scooped up the jewellery as if it were junk . |
| 19 | Once the nest is complete , the female once again approaches in the manner described , and the male curves his body around her . |
| 20 | The male responds by curling his body around the female and embracing her , turning her upside down . |
| 21 | He did n't leave me but brought the covers over us both and closed his body around mine in a grip that was painful , miraculous , unceasing . |
| 22 | The winner of the toss usually wound his string around his hand except for the last six inches , this ensured a good sharp and hard blow on the other conker . |
| 23 | Nu built his team around the nucleus of surviving Ministers . |
| 24 | Advocaat has shaped his team around a five-man attack aimed at overwhelming San Marino 's part-timers . |
| 25 | The realistic base to the novel consists of a sea-journey by Fenwick Turner , a former CIA agent , and his wife around the Chesapeake Bay . |
| 26 | The Judge , Mr Justice De Cunha said Mr Hayward had been an exemplary husband who 'd cared for his wife around the clock . |
| 27 | I then drafted a statement for the management side and sent it by hand to Mellowes who was sufficiently impressed by this initiative to pop his head around the door an hour later with a look of something less than mistrust . |
| 28 | Tom Conway , the London school 's master-in-charge , felt such sympathy for the Latymer Upper side , who outplayed his own team and lost 2-1 , that he popped his head around the visitors ' dressing-room door to say ‘ Sorry ’ . |
| 29 | Herr Nordern told him , barking savagely at an innocent Paul who poked his head around the door to ask what time they wanted lunch . |
| 30 | ‘ God , Sister , ’ he poked his head around the jamb of the door , ‘ That Arty fellow is acting terrible strange . |