Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] [verb] around the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Fighting was concentrated around the towns of Bosanski Brod in the north and Neum in the south . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The traditional village was centred around the church with its white walls and red or grey stonework . |
| 9 | Mr Evans also claimed signalling difficulties were caused because Capt Brown 's starting flag was wrapped around the stick after the second start . |
| 10 | A butterfly was flapping around the wheelbarrow looking for a fragrance to match the colour of that great metallic flower . |
| 11 | A six-mile exclusion zone was ordered around the ship while a tug towed the casualty further offshore . |
| 12 | The little Spring Mill was built around the middle of the 19th century . |
| 13 | From left to right , a spinning maelstrom of snow and rain was sweeping around the block like a tornado . |
| 14 | No evidence survives for the means by which the portraits of the emperor and his court were sent around the Empire . |
| 15 | A 9″ concrete base was laid and after the conservatory was installed by contractors , a double-thickness ( 6″ ) brick wall was built around the edges of the pond , to a height of 2′ 6″ above ground , following the shape of the conservatory . |
| 16 | WHEN the famous Green Jacket was draped around the shoulders of Fred Couples last April , the American might well have shuddered . |
| 17 | Yeltsin 's decrees countering the SCSE were relayed around the country by foreign radio stations . |
| 18 | Second-hand machinery was scattered around the yard with new parts and modifications arriving daily . |
| 19 | Much rubbish , mostly lengths of steel angle iron and sheet steel was lying around the building and sadly all traces of railway embellishments , fencing , paving lighting and signs had long been swept away , leaving just mud , weeds and scrub . |
| 20 | The pathetic , skinny dog was scratching around the dustbin searching for the slightest bit of food , until she took one look at me and shot off with her tail between her legs . |
| 21 | ‘ The dinghy was wrapped around the front of the wheel strut and would n't leave the aircraft because of Derek 's frozen grip on the life-line . |
| 22 | An open letter written by a group of Hefei students calling for solidarity was passed around the campuses , as well as tapes of Fang Lizhi 's Shanghai speech , outlining the need for democracy and the importance of intellectual development in China . |
| 23 | Sinn Fein 's success was built around the pledge that , if elected , they would refuse to take up their seats in Westminster and set up a separate Irish parliament instead . |
| 24 | Before taking a reluctant leave of Valmorel , wee were shown around the kindergarten , La Saperlipopette . |
| 25 | I knew that shrinks were meant to respect the inability of their patients to express certain fundamental anxieties , that the whole thrust of their endeavour was to move around the edifice of such neuroses , gradually excavating their foundations in memory with a sort of verbal teaspoon . |
| 26 | The method used to spin both types was the same , a short whip of string or leather about eighteen inches in length was wound around the top which was then placed upright on the ground and steadied with one finger . |
| 27 | Precisely the same thing was happening around the Lancashire towns also , where the ancient commons were enclosed and grabbed by the private speculator for building , as at Oldham . |
| 28 | P.C. Torney claimed that Hickson 's story was fabrication , and said the youth was prancing around the room at the police station , boxing and boasting of his prowess as a boxer … as a result of the boisterous behaviour , he caught his eye on a window-ledge . |
| 29 | Controlling the way her image was seen around the world ensured that Kylie made the most of her success as her face became familiar all across the globe . |
| 30 | The meal was organised around the char which had been caught that afternoon , and Hope was touched at the extravagant praise lobbed his way for the provision of the excellent fish . |