Example sentences of "[noun sg] be be [vb pp] around the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When a glider is being moved around the airfield , one person should take charge of the whole operation and be responsible for the safety of the aircraft . |
| 2 | A TIGHT security cordon is being thrown around the Welsh Tory Party conference which opens in Llangollen tomorrow . |
| 3 | The incident of the Karin B , a ship carrying toxic wastes from Europe , illegally imported to Nigeria , which could not find a home and landed up on the south coast of England in the summer of 1987 , demonstrated that millions of tonnes of highly toxic waste are being shipped around the globe . |
| 4 | As to whether of this longer distance traffic was being diverted around the southern bypass . |
| 5 | Before the match started , a little white blow-up airship was being tossed around the kop for a while , inscribed with the words ‘ Bring Back Cantona ’ . |
| 6 | In a room across the courtyard , a noiseless television shed stabs of light , as if a vast torchbeam were being played around the walls . |