Example sentences of "[adj] around the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stretch this around the holder over the half hole , to form a gripper , and press drawing pins through the rubber into the material between the holes to maintain tension . |
| 2 | So you 're going to fold this around the elbow to give support to the arm and in this one you 're gon na fold first of all forward and then back , can you see that little neat envelope ? |
| 3 | ‘ I do hope , ’ said Melissa , trying not to sound censorious , ‘ you wo n't go spreading this around the village . |
| 4 | ‘ If we practise this around the Island , ’ Dixie says , ‘ we could make our own movie . |
| 5 | That is , until one of Penfold 's Australian winemakers poled up at Geyser Peak winery in California and realised the price of Chardonnay was so high around the Sonoma Valley he 'd never manage to make a £4.99 class white for our market . |
| 6 | The Fairies Hill Lock Cut and a colliery basin emerge together on the right midway between the railway viaduct and another around the following bend , to be followed soon after by a further bridge for a dismantled railway , such was the proliferation of lines in this area . |
| 7 | ‘ Let's stop batting one another around the head and get on with good government , ’ he said . |
| 8 | They engage in butting matches ; they chase one another around the great moving pillars of their aunts ' legs ; they wallow ecstatically in mud . |
| 9 | They only expect 12 around the dinner table these days at the family home at Stanton Harcourt . |
| 10 | As much a part of the scenery as the granite tors are the Dartmoor ponies , and there are usually quite a few around the hut circles . |
| 11 | Use light to medium pressure to avoid dragging the skin , and be particularly careful around the eye area . |
| 12 | You are the only person who can take care of yourself when you have an accident , so be very , very careful around the home . |
| 13 | Stomach and ribs : Be careful around the tummy area . |
| 14 | J. V. The police were n't popular around the Bogs in Garston , when I was being shown around there with Jim Bealey , when a brick came flying over . |
| 15 | , intake operator , is a larger than life character and is extremely popular around the maltings , which is just as well when you see his size ! usually takes the barley samples and generally attends to the drivers . |
| 16 | Fitted bedroom furniture is particularly popular around the 35 years of age group . |
| 17 | We have included in our proposal this year twenty thousand revenue effects of a hundred thousand pounds capital bid on traffic calming and other similar measures , something which is very popular around the city , as long as you ask people what they want first and which in previous years we put forward as a revenue bid . |
| 18 | But the most concerted challenge was manifest in struggles waged by the unemployed around the poor law . |
| 19 | Typically this involved rotating the unemployed around the rate-paying farmers . |
| 20 | Item — Alexander III was well-known for his mad galloping around the countryside in pursuit of some lady . |
| 21 | This season , designers have preserved the comfort factor while making the suit neater — it has a long , narrow shape with a natural shoulder , reminiscent of tailored clothing prevalent around the turn of the century . |
| 22 | B. Chrystal will be asked to set up a meeting under the auspices of the Village Association in connection with the noise and vandalism so prevalent around the school annexe , village hall , public part etc . |
| 23 | To some around the Winter Gardens , it was all an unwanted distraction from the ‘ real business ’ of rallying the party to deal with a wayward economy and an Opposition united as never before . |
| 24 | A postman from Cheshunt in Hertfordshire has broken the British Isle 's solo endurance record by walking over 7200 miles non-stop around the coasts of Britain and Ireland . |
| 25 | The whole family and Christian crowded around the young gipsy , congratulating him as though he had just achieved some major feat . |
| 26 | While hundreds tramped the course to study the progress of their favourite celebrities , many more crowded around the club house . |
| 27 | The Air experience flight based at Benson is one of thirteen around the country with a total of 63 chipmunks . |
| 28 | The first wave was organised around social , cultural and moral issues , the second around the politicisation of the counter-culture . |
| 29 | THE signs of relief were clearly audible around the institutional sales desks at Hoare Govett . |
| 30 | The orbit of Mariner 10 around the Sun is such that it passes close to Mercury about every 2 × 88 days . |