Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun pl] around the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Cornish giants were reputed to be a stupid and murderous bunch , fond of hurling boulders around the countryside . |
| 2 | Britain is pressing the UN to rotate troops to ease the burden on individual countries and make it easier for nations to offer forces for the growing number of peacekeeping duties around the world . |
| 3 | There is actually there is actually walking tours around the city for those people who wish to opt for |
| 4 | The largest rookery in Oxfordshire dominates a high security storage area , and owls are moving into nesting boxes around the sight . |
| 5 | She pushed a cigarette between her dry lips then fumbled in her coat pocket for a lighter and , cupping her trembling fingers around the flame , lit it and inhaled deeply . |
| 6 | These stones are the bread and butter of the manufacturing and retailing jewellers around the world , changing hands in packages of several hundred at a time without certification . |
| 7 | Adult weevils particularly like camellias and rhododendrons , nibbling notches around the edges of leaves . |
| 8 | Their deaths prompted Betty Williams and Anne 's sister Mairead Corrigan to begin a campaign for peace — a campaign capturing headlines around the world , a campaign that drew upwards of 3 , people to mass rallies and marches in Belfast . |
| 9 | Her father recounted his latest golf tournament , Guy talked to Charles about sailing , then opened up the conversation by introducing a surprisingly shrewd appreciation of the arts into the debate , when it became clear that in addition to racing yachts around the Isle of Wight he made frequent visits to see the RSC at the Barbican , and was something of an expert on modern ballet . |
| 10 | He 'll be measuring things around the office . |
| 11 | The trails have been designed to be fun to do but with an education purpose leading children around the museum . |
| 12 | Modern technology makes moving funds around the world all too easy . |
| 13 | The cai prodded the five men until they began hobbling on their swollen , bleeding feet around the edge of the circle formed by their fellows . |
| 14 | While the other banks were opening and buying banks around the world to service the growing flows of international capital , Midland still relied on a network of correspondents . |
| 15 | Solomon ( 1982 ) described four crises facing families around the institutionalisation of an elderly relative . |
| 16 | The resilience of leisure travel last year helped to offset a reduction in business travel as companies sought to cut costs on sending executives around the world . |
| 17 | you can not talk about moving parcels around the country if you do n't know where the towns are . |
| 18 | On two days a week he peddled art and printing materials around the country and , for the rest , he was nominally in charge of his father 's printing works . |
| 19 | Mr Peter Brooke 's patience and good nature commanded widespread admiration , but few sensible observers ever felt much hope that he would succeed in reconciling irreconcilables around the negotiating table . |
| 20 | Moving cells around the sheet is done by a similar drag ‘ n ’ drop process , but it 's less well implemented than Excel 's . |
| 21 | Singing carols around the Christmas tree and exploring the cobbled streets takes you back to the era of the Boston Tea Party . |
| 22 | Silly talk of linking arms around the Berlin wall just might make a few of the supporters of the SDP/Liberal Alliance — whose nuclear policies are indistinguishable from the government 's and whose voting habits are more volatile than Conservatives ' — opt for Mr Foot and his clear policy of unilateral disarmament . |
| 23 | THE OYSTER 68 COMBINES ELEGANCE , PERFORMANCE AND COMFORT THAT HAS WON SUPPORT FROM CRUISING YACHTSMEN AROUND THE WORLD . |
| 24 | In their previous survey the Halifax state that 54% of the children under the age of 11 earn extra money by doing jobs around the house . |
| 25 | The custom of ‘ beating the bounds ’ by taking children around the parish boundary and beating at significant points , in order that the children should remember them , is a reflection of this . |
| 26 | The headmaster did not make it clear whether this was because Hasan might , at any moment , start chucking thunderbolts around the place . |
| 27 | Some major companies now seem , however , capable of finding ways around the obstacles . |
| 28 | Within hours of the explosion , IMDEC was designing , printing and distributing leaflets around the city , calling for volunteers to help . |
| 29 | I understand similar fencing was erected on other playing fields around the borough so this problem may not be confined to Scorton . |
| 30 | ( One has only to stop making repairs around the house to see that ! ) |