Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [verb] around [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 Fighting was concentrated around the towns of Bosanski Brod in the north and Neum in the south .
3 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 .
4 WHEN the famous Green Jacket was draped around the shoulders of Fred Couples last April , the American might well have shuddered .
5 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 .
6 And then his thoughts wandered again and he began to worry about the speed with which the vegetation was growing around the ramparts .
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