Example sentences of "[v-ing] [num] [noun pl] around the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Six weeks Nuclear Electric , with its amateur crew , won the race by just one hour and ten minutes after racing 28,000 miles around the world , against nine other yachts . |
| 2 | With King 6-4 ahead and lying two shots around the jack , Corsie produced a perfectly weighted bowl that threaded its way between King 's two counters to take shot . |
| 3 | With King 6-4 ahead and lying two shots around the jack , Corsie produced a perfectly weighted bowl that threaded its way between King 's two counters to take shot . |
| 4 | erm Because the loggers have been , as I said earlier , logging 24 hours around the clock , and they 're supposed to be logging over a 70 year cycle , and they 're not because the companies have only got three year licenses , and basically the indigenous people have just had enough , so they started to block the logging roads . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's remarkable that , in addition to playing 11 cities around the country , the educational programme played to over 5,000 kids and brought many of them to the main theatre in their local cities for the first time in their lives , on subsidised tickets . |
| 6 | The Japanese team are only playing four teams around the country , in Leeds , London , Exmouth and Bristol , and their final game will be against England A at the new rugby centre at Castle Croft in Wolverhampton . |