Example sentences of "around the town [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bugey is one of those lost corners of France , a hilly region to the north-east of Lyon , around the town of Bellay , whose only claim to fame is that it is the birthplace of the French gastronome , Brillat-Savarin . |
| 2 | We pottered around the town of Aire , situated on the banks of the River Lys , and admired some of the 17th and 18th century architecture around its quaint cobbled marketplace . |
| 3 | Day Four : This morning you may wish to take a break from cycling and take a wander around the town of Hilversum . |
| 4 | In the east there were sporadic reports of ongoing rebel activity throughout 1989 , concentrated around the town of Soroti . |
| 5 | On Sept. 15 President Najibullah welcomed the agreement and offered a ceasefire amidst reports of intense fighting around the town of Gardez , 100 km south of Kabul . |
| 6 | A total of 250 troops from France 's 4,200-strong local garrison took up position around the town of Dikhil in the south-west of the country , the scene of recent fighting between the government and the FRUD rebels [ see p. 38711 , where Dikhil is wrongly given as Kikhil ] . |
| 7 | They will be the guests of local families staying in and around the town of Amiens . |
| 8 | Committee chairman David Lyonette said outside the meeting the authority had already successfully removed billboards around the town including Haughton Road and was looking at removing others along High Northgate . |
| 9 | Rob and the Trent Hit Squad van will be in the parade around the town at midday . |
| 10 | Discover fascinating facts about Northampton on our summer series of guided walks around the town with specially trained Northamptonshire Tourist Guides . |
| 11 | There must have been a proportion of shy , bashful ones around , but they were not in evidence amongst the mob which harassed us day by day as we tried to make our way around the town on our own affairs . |
| 12 | whose other duties included those of town crier and bill sticker , took him around the town for company and to assist with his bill-posting operations . |
| 13 | The waits performed the bull tune in the period surrounding the bull festival and were closely associated with the bellman , who would walk around the town between midnight and two in the morning on the days when the waits were not playing . |
| 14 | ‘ Deemy ’ took me around the town in a Russian jeep . |
| 15 | Graduates were usually destined for mageship at least , but Rincewind — after an unfortunate event — had left knowing only one spell and made a living of sorts around the town by capitalising on an innate gift for languages . |