Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [verb] [adv] around the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A big , bright Red Admiral butterfly is playing serenely around the New FADS ' merchandise stall . |
| 2 | Boy was bruised badly around the mouth , and had red burn marks around both of his wrists . |
| 3 | Fragments of wicker were scattered all around the room ; a small pile of them marked the drain . |
| 4 | Like the Egyptian church , the Celtic church was organised less around the diocese than around the abbey or monastery . |
| 5 | This large owl is found right around the Arctic tundras of the Northern Hemisphere . |
| 6 | Normally ( see Fig. 3.2 ) cortisol is secreted mainly around the time of waking and this seems to be part of dealing with the ‘ stress ’ of waking up and preparing for the new day . |
| 7 | The lash was wound tightly around the heavy handle ; it resembled a police baton . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Just when you least expect it , she thought , poetic justice is waiting right around the corner . |
| 10 | In La Route des Flandres , the fluctuations between first and third person mean that it is not possible to contend that the novel 's discourse is organized entirely around the consciousness of the central character Georges , who otherwise seems to be re-creating his experiences in the course of a night in bed with the widow of his commanding officer , some time after the wartime conflict . |