Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] [verb] around [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Miss Bangholm reports that members of the club are hanging around the hall as girls are leaving and some of them are rather afraid . |
2 | The ECG also monitors the amount of blood being pumped around the body — crucial in major surgery where blood loss and supply have to be carefully balanced . |
3 | Demand did not stretch to either Lloyds , which struggled to end 4 firmer at 359p after reports of a large line of stock being offered around the market both late on Wednesday and early yesterday , or Abbey National , off 2 at 266p . |
4 | In the closing years of the nineteenth century , just as the eastern Germans were leaving the land and deserting the east , at the very time that the Polish population of the border districts was on the rise , the theoretical and practical policies of both the Polenpolitik and the Kulturkampf were hardening around the drive towards industrial and imperial expansion — if not overseas , which was almost impossible — then in the eastern borderlands . |
5 | An incision is made in the lower right abdomen through which the appendix is located , clamped and removed — a purse string suture is inserted around the stump and is pulled closed . |
6 | The programme is built around a series of day cruises , building up to some long and ambitious trips exploring the islands in Wayfarer dinghies , so every morning starts with a briefing . |
7 | Their programme is built around the friendships , rivalries , correspondence and music of four of the 18th-century 's most successful and prolific composers — Telemann , Handel , Bach and Bononcini . |
8 | The research is based around the Peterborough Country Music Festival , currently a successful local/national event . |
9 | Indeed , it floats about in fluid so its physical position varies , but every location along the chromosome is precisely addressed in terms of linear order along the length of the chromosome , just as every location along a computer tape is precisely addressed , even if the tape is strewn around the floor rather than being neatly rolled up . |
10 | The rug-making industry is based around the towns of Srinagar , Amritsar , Jaipur , Agra , Bhadohi , Mirzapur , Khamariah and Ellora ( in order of general quality ) . |
11 | Concerned by what he had seen , but not aware that disaster was imminent , he telephoned the colliery Manager at his home ; the Manager instructed that a fence be erected around the subsidence . |
12 | The work in the school this term is centred around the theme of the ‘ Natural World ’ and ‘ Living Things ’ . |
13 | The whole episode was built around the book and before very long , and not for the first time , the fascist implications were there again , not only as far as Alf was concerned but , by implication , involving me too . |
14 | When 26-year-old Tim Haller , from Horncastle , Lincs , bought a double-decker bus in 1988 , his great ambition was to travel around the world in it . |
15 | ‘ The concept for the last album was based around the idea that , if we 're going to use music to stop the destruction of the world , we need to look outwards . |
16 | Heavy fighting was reported around the cities of Shaqlawa and Sulaimaniya on April 13 in which 150 government troops were said to have been killed . |
17 | Fighting was concentrated around the towns of Bosanski Brod in the north and Neum in the south . |
18 | In contrast the American pairings were a mere nine under par between them , albeit on an afternoon when the wind was swirling around the course causing all sorts of problems with club selection . |
19 | The Redcar regeneration plan is based around a leisure complex for the Majuba Road sea-front area and a new town centre shopping development . |
20 | The traditional village was centred around the church with its white walls and red or grey stonework . |
21 | Mr Evans also claimed signalling difficulties were caused because Capt Brown 's starting flag was wrapped around the stick after the second start . |
22 | A butterfly was flapping around the wheelbarrow looking for a fragrance to match the colour of that great metallic flower . |
23 | A six-mile exclusion zone was ordered around the ship while a tug towed the casualty further offshore . |
24 | The little Spring Mill was built around the middle of the 19th century . |
25 | It is 2130 and the EOD team are grouped around the television set again , cigarette smoke spiralling up to the ceiling . |
26 | The team is based around the pub of the same name in the area 's Mill Street , which has a collection of trophies behind the bar . |
27 | Firebacks cast in one or two pieces are put into place , and corrugated cardboard is wrapped around the back to provide an expansion joint . |
28 | The device is based around a humidity sensor . |
29 | In the interest of low power consumption the device is designed around a CMOS integrated circuit type 4093 which is a versatile package containing four two-input NAND gates with Schmitt triggers on their inputs . |
30 | Hunting 's present business is based around a variety of aircraft maintenance and support services . |