Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [verb] [adv] around the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Limp orange light was leaking in around the edges of a grey blind . |
| 2 | Work was carried on around the lump in a fairly ordered pattern helping to keep everything in proportion . |
| 3 | Boy was bruised badly around the mouth , and had red burn marks around both of his wrists . |
| 4 | A spirited argument was going on around the sweetheart plant when Rain got back from Hatherley . |
| 5 | Like the Egyptian church , the Celtic church was organised less around the diocese than around the abbey or monastery . |
| 6 | The lash was wound tightly around the heavy handle ; it resembled a police baton . |