Example sentences of "all around [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All around them the shoulders of the hills were browned by the fading of the heather , dulled by the weakening sunshine , their expanses turned dusty-blank as though a great grinding had sifted down on them , decades of labour and hardship , and left them blinded . |
| 2 | All around them the world had come to life . |
| 3 | All around them the solemnity of other faces in mourning . |
| 4 | The first rays of the sun were gilding the grassy hillsides visible through the trees , and all around them the thick green roof of the jungle was gradually coming alive with the cries of darting , bright-hued birds . |
| 5 | All around them the other coolies stared in disbelief at the sight of their tormentor so astonishingly struck down before their eyes ; then the floodwaters of their hatred burst some invisible dam , and several men dashed forward screaming incoherently to slash at the kneeling man 's head and shoulders with their coupe-coupes . |
| 6 | They 'd swum and picnicked , and now they were lying in the shade of a drunkenly angled coconut palm , and all around them the sun glistened relentlessly on sapphire water and brilliant green vegetation . |
| 7 | So Dustin found himself in the odd position of acting in English , while all around him the cast spoke Italian . |
| 8 | As all around me a nation explodes into an orgy of joyous celebration , I feel a little of what Mrs Thatcher must 've felt when the tabloids went into rapture about her ‘ ten glorious years ’ . |
| 9 | All around me the waves looked grey , but far away at Ireland the sea glowed an ethereal soft green , for it ringed a fairy island . |
| 10 | All around me the bedlam continued but I was looking inward . |
| 11 | All around me the pandemonium continued . |
| 12 | All around it the bloodstained undergrowth lay broken and flattened by its struggles , and as soon as it saw him , the animal lowered its needle-sharp horns that had grown in its prime to a length of nearly three feet . |
| 13 | " But there are many other good signs all around us a maiden holding a spray of blossoms … a serpent entwined around the root of a lotus a phoenix in a prayerful attitude . " |
| 14 | All around us the trees were heaving . |
| 15 | It has been both exhilarating and draining and we have to work tomorrow , so we put in our earplugs and pull our sleeping bags over our heads while all around us the talk goes on and on . |
| 16 | All around us the signs are there … so vote Conservative on Thursday and the recovery will continue on Friday . |
| 17 | All around us an increasing crowd was assembling on the platform while the subterranean tunnels thundered and shook with their hidden traffic . |