Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun pl] [verb] around the " in BNC.

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1 The whole mass dropped into the pit and a moment later the big slab was snatched up by several dozen tentacles and slammed into place , leaving a number of thrashing limbs trapped around the edge .
2 Local people have had to live with rats for some time and Mr Haszeldine said he is fed up with continually seeing rats scuttling around the houses .
3 Microsoft has gone on to use the success of Windows itself to attack rivals who have made their names selling applications built around the old MS-DOS regime .
4 Digital Equipment Corp has rallied a Laguna Hills , California start-up , Carrera Computers Inc to its Windows NT-on-Alpha cause and the company will begin selling motherboards built around the 150MHz Alpha AXP RISC chip in the third quarter , according to US PC Week .
5 It was about this time that Endill began hearing footsteps echoing around the corridors of Nightside .
6 But often people stayed at home , finding jobs to do around the house .
7 Mother Clare 's idea of covering obligations centred around the kitchen .
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