Example sentences of "all around they [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 . |