Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] around the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remember the war and my travels around the world . |
| 2 | At least one day a week I like ( who said ‘ Liar ’ ) to devote to my chores around the house and garden . |
| 3 | You could n't keep bulls for long or the strain in your herd would have been weakened by in-breeding , so there was a regular turnover , and quite often farms would loan out their bulls around the Dales before selling them out of the area . |
| 4 | Delia Sutherland closed her fingers around the inside of his elbow with a pressure that could have been the overture to an embrace but he knew it was not . |
| 5 | She curled her fingers around the shard in her palm , slipped it back into the thin pouch of cotton hidden inside the skirts of her dress . |
| 6 | ‘ Mark was my brother , ’ she declared harshly , curling her fingers around the handle , ‘ and you helped kill him . ’ |
| 7 | Finally , she grabbed hold of the dispenser 's cooling fin whilst it was waving a krill doughnut around in a vain attempt to attract custom , pulled it close and , in a casual and unremarkable manner , moved her hand down to the dispenser 's access plate and ran her fingers around the seam until she felt a magnetic bolt buzzing beneath her fingers . |
| 8 | The idea of progressive evolution formed a natural foundation for the belief that European civilization was the high point of human achievement , destined to spread its values around the world by conversion or conquest . |
| 9 | How much more bad publicity do the Government have to get on the failure of their housing programme from the Duke of Edinburgh , Conservative councillors and their supporters around the country before they do what we are all asking them to do and undertake a planned release of the capital receipts ? |
| 10 | The inhabitants have structured their lives around the ocean . |
| 11 | Of the two European companies that did become members , Méliès had built its fortunes around the genius of one innovative filmmaker , whereas Pathé had deliberately set out on an internationalist path , making films not only in France but also in Britain , the US , Italy , Germany , Russia and Japan . |
| 12 | He cites IBM , which led a crusade for a rigid , high-tech statement in its buildings around the world , in order to convert people to a total vision of the new technological order . |
| 13 | Its bases around the Bay were staffed by a total of only a few hundred men . |
| 14 | I took a deep breath and ran my dagger under the rim of the casket , freeing the wooden pegs from their sockets around the edge of the coffin . |
| 15 | Pauline Bishop 's beautiful house by the Lake District has a cosmopolitan influence inspired by her travels around the world . |
| 16 | When mature , the female threadworm lays her eggs around the bottom . |
| 17 | Kelly tied her laces around the back of her heel to combat loose shoes but ended up with a rubbed Achilles tendon . |
| 18 | Unenthusiastically , the men shone their torches around the couplings and flexible connections , but each and everyone of them was aware of the overpowering feeling of evil . |
| 19 | CRMF 's major national fund raising event , The World 's Biggest Coffee Morning on 1st October , was enthusiastically supported by Johnson Matthey staff and their families around the country . |
| 20 | Pain and pan : The tranquillity of Provence has been disturbed by the War of the Bakers NATASHA STEWART Rippling torsos sell everything from ice-cream to watches , while beefcake bimbos like the Chippendales have helped to swell the number of regular weight-trainers to 500,000 as they twitch their biceps around the world . |
| 21 | Rippling torsos sell everything from ice-cream to watches , while beefcake bimbos like the Chippendales have helped to swell the number of regular weight-trainers to 500,000 as they twitch their biceps around the world . |
| 22 | The big regatta dances in the huge grey tent down by the quay in Carrick were just beginning but there were so few days left of the holiday that Maggie preferred to spend them about the house chatting with Rose or her sisters around the fire or talking with Michael out in the front garden among his flowerbeds ; and sometimes during long breaks in the rain they would go out to where Moran was tidying up in the meadows . |
| 23 | Can you imagine the damage she could do if she repeated her allegations around the town ? ’ |
| 24 | Bill Pritchard hurrying them on towards their objectives around the south entrance bridge ( 'D' ) beyond the old town , although Tiger Watson wanted to clear the Mole first . |
| 25 | She not only bit , kicked , and knocked them down ; but she would also hold a child on the ground by wrapping her jaws around the child 's throat , or bite a child in the face . |
| 26 | We quickly made the acquaintance of everyone in our lane which was part of a very scattered village , and after the children started school there were always some of their friends around the house . |
| 27 | Then turning to Millie , whose expression almost broke her down and gave her the urge to take her by the hand and run from this place , only her good sense stopped her ; and bending down , she put her arms around the child and when she felt the tightness of the embrace and the pressure of the thin body against her belly , it was only with an effort she stopped the tears from flowing . |
| 28 | She locked her arms around the small of his back and pulled him hard into her , crazed by the sensation caused by his utter maleness enveloping her softness . |
| 29 | The undemonstrative Miranda flung her arms around the instructor . |
| 30 | As she went to put her arms around the nun a gentle hand pressed her back , and the voice , so gentle , said , ‘ I … |