Example sentences of "a ring around " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is rough , black , about four feet high and three feet wide , and huge iron spikes have been hammered in a ring around the top . |
| 2 | In a ring around the gabbro are the sheeted dykes and in the outermost ring , marking the periphery of the massif are the pillow lavas . |
| 3 | Scenes from the evening flashed before her eyes : the dignity of the old man to whom Ludovico had gently presented her and with whom she had performed a stately dance , delicately held in his wizened old arms ; the young men who had made a ring around her and Ludo before lifting them on to their shoulders and carrying them back to Santo Spirito ; the women who had caressed her blonde hair and whispered , ‘ Bella ! |
| 4 | The dogs and the guards who cradled sub-machine-guns formed a ring around their prisoners . |
| 5 | Not having a glue gun I put small bits of hot melt glue in a ring around the face plate and heat them with a heat lamp until the glue melts and a bond with the circle of wood can be made . |
| 6 | In trees , the tiny water tubes are in a ring around the inside of the trunk . |
| 7 | The two innermost satellites are close to the outer edge of a system of tiny particles that constitute a ring around Jupiter . |
| 8 | The minerals in hard water combine with soap to form a ‘ scum ’ which can leave a ring around baths and basins . |
| 9 | He descends down to the people , and they form a ring around him . |
| 10 | I 'll give you a ring around lunch-time . ’ |
| 11 | Okay , let's have a closer look at these , Right , just , read a few of those words there , why do you think have a ring around some of those words ? |
| 12 | Right that 's D O C and then you look on here and you look for a D O C , when you found it you put a ring around it alright ? |
| 13 | Those are the herring gull and the lesser black-backed gull , which are two terminal links in a series of forms which sort of form a ring around the pole . |
| 14 | Oh yeah , yes , you get , what , lots to happen , everyone goes in and it 's like a ring around the room , you know hmm |