Example sentences of "was [vb pp] around the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The brown canvas delivery sack was hidden around the corner on a stone shelf , several inches above the rotten humus that blocked the culvert . |
| 2 | Second-hand machinery was scattered around the yard with new parts and modifications arriving daily . |
| 3 | Heavy fighting was reported around the cities of Shaqlawa and Sulaimaniya on April 13 in which 150 government troops were said to have been killed . |
| 4 | The first of the IBM PCs was designed around the Intel 8088 processor , an eight bit device which ran at a clock speed of 4.77MHz ( we 'll cover clock speeds a little later ) . |
| 5 | The meal was organised around the char which had been caught that afternoon , and Hope was touched at the extravagant praise lobbed his way for the provision of the excellent fish . |
| 6 | Pearson made no fewer than eight quota films in one year at Julius Hagen 's Twickenham Studios , where one small stage was occupied around the clock , and pictures that had been scripted in a fortnight were filmed in another two weeks . |
| 7 | The method used to spin both types was the same , a short whip of string or leather about eighteen inches in length was wound around the top which was then placed upright on the ground and steadied with one finger . |
| 8 | Controlling the way her image was seen around the world ensured that Kylie made the most of her success as her face became familiar all across the globe . |
| 9 | However until a site was found at Crich in 1959 , 45 was moved around the country , at one time being displayed at the Montagu Motor Museum in Hampshire . |
| 10 | One of the chief glories of this house is that it has been little altered since it was built around the middle of the sixteenth century . |
| 11 | The little Spring Mill was built around the middle of the 19th century . |
| 12 | It was built around the year 1800 at the crossing point of the brook and the Grand Union canal , which it carries above it . |
| 13 | Sinn Fein 's success was built around the pledge that , if elected , they would refuse to take up their seats in Westminster and set up a separate Irish parliament instead . |
| 14 | A 9″ concrete base was laid and after the conservatory was installed by contractors , a double-thickness ( 6″ ) brick wall was built around the edges of the pond , to a height of 2′ 6″ above ground , following the shape of the conservatory . |
| 15 | An extensive education programme took everyone offsite on a two-day course , which was built around the Tom Peters philosophy . |
| 16 | It was built around the shrine of Saint Alban , a Roman centurion who is said to be the first person in Britain to be executed for the Christian faith . |
| 17 | The whole episode was built around the book and before very long , and not for the first time , the fascist implications were there again , not only as far as Alf was concerned but , by implication , involving me too . |
| 18 | The oldest was built around the cave in which St Paul is said to have lived . |
| 19 | She was stabbed around the genitals … and needed six stitches . |
| 20 | Recently I was shown around the offices of a community church that prides itself on its radical Christian commitment . |
| 21 | The tourist style was emphasized by the glossy travel-book which was handed around the audience . |
| 22 | Mr Evans also claimed signalling difficulties were caused because Capt Brown 's starting flag was wrapped around the stick after the second start . |
| 23 | ‘ The dinghy was wrapped around the front of the wheel strut and would n't leave the aircraft because of Derek 's frozen grip on the life-line . |
| 24 | It was wrapped around the body and over the left shoulder where it was draped in folds which nearly reached the floor . |
| 25 | He was born around the Darlington area and I heard that his family once had money , but lost it in some way . |
| 26 | Of similar champion qualities but without the rough and tumble approach of the male Connors , is the feminine German , Steffi Graf , who was born around the time that Connors was striding into the competitive world of senior international tennis . |
| 27 | ‘ The concept for the last album was based around the idea that , if we 're going to use music to stop the destruction of the world , we need to look outwards . |
| 28 | She tried to tear off the balaclava , but it was tied around the neck , so in her shame and fear she attempted to shield her body with her handcuffed arms . |
| 29 | Fighting was concentrated around the towns of Bosanski Brod in the north and Neum in the south . |
| 30 | This could be heard approaching from some distance off , owing to its lack of an exhaust pipe , and was known around the camp as the Green Devil because it had , once upon a time , been that colour all over , instead of just in places as now . |