Example sentences of "[pron] around the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pile the soil on to the sieve , about 3 cm deep , leaving a gap of at least 1 em around the edges of the soil to allow air to circulate and dry the soil . |
| 2 | He is still smarting from a put-down in the magazine City Limits which condemned his Around the World in Eighty Days as an exercise in ‘ male back-slapping imperialism ’ . |
| 3 | As soon as Silver disappeared , we got ready for a battle , placing ourselves around the sides of the stockade . |
| 4 | Looking more like a bewildered Old English sheepdog than a thwarted child-molester , he throws himself around the place , lying on his back and waggling his feet in the air , as if by an excess of physical effort he could make up for the thinness of the script . |
| 5 | He swung himself around the turn at the bottom of the stairs and raced blindly along the lower corridor . |
| 6 | They took to the path with gusto , he finding the line somewhere between the nearside bank and the middle ridge , while the other more or less followed in the wake , content to orchestrate himself around the camera with his umbrella . |
| 7 | Occasionally mainman Simon Breed will become so preoccupied with his crazed exhibition , he neglects the art of singing into the mic , grappling with his guitar as if it were a rabid pitbull while savagely screaming and throwing himself around the stage like an out-take from Nightmare On Elm Street . |
| 8 | The voices belonged to Rohmer and Jimmy Devlin , but he could n't hear what they were arguing about as he hauled himself around the staircase rail , paused for gasping breath and looked back down into the stairwell . |
| 9 | ‘ YO , this is Dalek exercises , mon ! ’ booms Derrick Evans , his skin-tight leotard stretching in impossible directions as he throws himself around the GMTV studio . |
| 10 | The coroner busied himself around the house . |
| 11 | By day we 'll offer to show you around the island or let you laze by the pool — the choice is yours . |
| 12 | The truth of this statement will become even more apparent to you around the 14th — and really the best thing to do over the next couple of weeks is to keep your plans flexible and your options open and let others live with their consciences — if they can , that is ! |
| 13 | Remember that the vendor may not wish to have you around the house at all , so try to agree a mutually convenient time , starting at , say , 9am or 2pm , which will allow at least three daylight hours for the survey . |
| 14 | A carefully described church tour takes you around the most spectacular church architecture . |
| 15 | ‘ And lastly , ’ Matilda said , ‘ what did your father and Miss Trunchbull call you around the house ? ’ |
| 16 | At the end of the Forestry Commission car park , in front of the Forestry Commission building , you 'll see a sign marked Shepherd 's Hill Trek which directs you around the side of the building . |
| 17 | This walk takes you around the Tunstall Valley in the area around the Waskerley Beck . |
| 18 | Complete your visit with a leisurely stroll around Cardiff Bay with a lavishly illustrated broadsheet to guide you around the remarkable historic buildings and structures which are part of this fascinating environment . |
| 19 | In doing a campaign that takes you around the country on tour you may visit the local newspaper , talk to a consumer group , make a speech over a special lunch for local important big-wigs and then do an interview on the local radio . |
| 20 | It 's also worth noting that Control ( Command on the Macintosh ) plus various keys on the numeric keypad will move you around the text by word , sentence or paragraph . |
| 21 | RICHARD MARPOLE GUIDES YOU AROUND THE COUNTRYSIDE IN AUGUST |
| 22 | These were brilliant fun and very relaxing , as the water carried you around the small island , without you having to do anything . |
| 23 | Now I , I wo n't , I wo n't go for this vote because at the end of the day I I do n't think it 'd be er er productive , it 'd be counterproductive erm , I do hope that you around the chamber tonight , do look inside and say look if you 're fed up with it coming to the council Mr whatever your name is , I forget , the new guy er , it will only come back next year . |
| 24 | I would find it too distracting to have you around the place , knowing you felt the way you evidently do about me … that is , ’ his tone changed , ‘ how much you abhor my touch . ’ |
| 25 | that 's about that much wa shade did n't you around the house |
| 26 | In fact I 'm gon na take you around the city later on . |
| 27 | It hurls itself around the island and in seconds the sea is alive , ugly waves crashing over the boats , white horses flicking over the surface on the hooves of the wind . |
| 28 | The roots grow huge , sculptural wings to buttress the tree and the climber wraps itself around the lapuna , which slowly decays inside it . |
| 29 | During his absence the worm grew to massive proportions , coiling itself around the hills and terrorising the countryside . |
| 30 | Balinese life fits itself around the demands of tourism . |