Example sentences of "to the [noun] around the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He motioned to the chairs around the low table , standing and positioning Taheb 's himself , as servants approached with wine jars and food : honey cakes , figs and heron 's eggs . |
| 2 | Pay particular attention to the areas around the ears and nape of the neck where the lice breed . |
| 3 | As he does this , holding on to the condom around the base avoids spilling semen or losing the condom inside the vagina or anus . |
| 4 | We do n't see it as a major problem to the properties around the green . |
| 5 | People had been trampled to the floor around the wheel . |
| 6 | Elizabeth was going to subscribe to the mysteries around the world , she loved reading Amanda Howard mysteries , but she was also looking forward to tomorrow because it was the first of April , April fool day , April fools day . |
| 7 | The term ‘ palace ’ originally referred to the gathering around the king , rather than an actual building . |
| 8 | Terra Sigillata ware , including lamps , now date an early alteration to the palace around the year nought , placing it well within the possibility of identification as the Herodian palace described by Josephus , the Jewish historian ( 37–100 AD ) , together with the city of Caeserea , its great harbour , temple to Augustus the Emperor , and theatre . |
| 9 | He tries to confine his searching to the area around the nest , presumably so that he can keep an eye on his partner . |
| 10 | For example , the Dalradian succession in Scotland was chosen for attention by the MRP because it included the stratiform ‘ pyrite belt ’ similar to the area around the economic Stekenjokk Cu-Zn-Pb deposit in Sweden . |
| 11 | He returned his glance to the area around the body . |
| 12 | The intra-Christian fighting of the first half of 1990 did not result in any tangible changes in territorial control over the enclave ; the LF maintained control of Jounieh and Jubail areas to the north of Beirut as well as the East Beirut quarters of Ashrafieh and Karantina , while Aoun held on to the area around the Baabda Presidential palace , where he himself was based , and around Ras al Metn and the southern entrances to East Beirut . |
| 13 | Forces opposed to the President had been in control of much of the country for several months [ see pp. 37702-03 ; 37767-68 ; 37844-45 ] , with the central government 's authority largely confined to the area around the capital . |
| 14 | As sweetners to gain planning permission they 've also proposed part funding for a sailing centre and to pay forimprovements to the area around the lake . |
| 15 | On the night of 15–16 May , the leading Section of this fighting patrol , their faces blackened from native cooking-pot soot , crept up to the wire around the port . |
| 16 | ‘ They 've put Charles on to inspiring Donne , ’ explains Prue to the people around the middle of the table , ‘ because he did so fantastically well with Yeats . ’ |
| 17 | Caspar , sending a worried glance to the group around the fire , heard Fenella describing something called Renascia ; Twilight Mountains and Seasons with different colours . |
| 18 | It would no doubt have been quite attractive in fine weather , and the same applied to the countryside around the hotel , an imposing pile by Nightmare Abbey out of a Scotch baronial shooting lodge . |
| 19 | Sloth faeces , estimated to contain half the leaf material , are returned to the ground around the trees : the three-toed sloth actually buries them ! |
| 20 | This is communicated also to the flowers around the building at the university where Dr Chabot ( Yves Montand ) lectures on hypnotism . |