Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [vb pp] [adv] around the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Boy was bruised badly around the mouth , and had red burn marks around both of his wrists . |
| 2 | Fragments of wicker were scattered all around the room ; a small pile of them marked the drain . |
| 3 | Like the Egyptian church , the Celtic church was organised less around the diocese than around the abbey or monastery . |
| 4 | The lash was wound tightly around the heavy handle ; it resembled a police baton . |
| 5 | Late last night , Tass reported that bursts of automatic fire were heard all around the city as ‘ several tens of thousands of people ’ gathered on Bucharest 's University Square . |