Example sentences of "set [adv prt] around the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Putrefaction had set in around the nose and mouth , the skin felt cold and soggy as Corbett gently turned the head to look at the fatal weal round the neck , a broad , purple black gash with little round indentations which made it look like some ghostly parody of a necklace . |
| 2 | A computermail database network has even been set up around the country for fans to debate the killer of Laura Palmer , the lovely blonde homecoming queen whose body mysteriously washes onto a river bank near a lumbermill in the fictional Pacific northwest town of Twin Peaks . |
| 3 | Several silk mills were set up around the Chalford Valley , but the majority made use of the then-vacant woollen mills . |
| 4 | On his arrival , he had been satisfied to see the defences that had been set up around the hospital , and had every intention of congratulating those responsible . |
| 5 | The number of alumni living abroad is also staggering and it looks likely that more Napier groups could be set up around the globe . |
| 6 | Unusually for a city hotel , it is set around a lovely , lush private garden where sun-loungers are set out around the wonderfully secluded swimming pool . |