Example sentences of "[verb] [noun sg] around " in BNC.
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| 1 | Peasants had shown themselves fully capable of organizing resistance around their traditional village institutions , and their determination to take over the nobility 's land was their own . |
| 2 | It 's also good news for men who are trying to lose weight around their hips and thighs and especially their waistlines . |
| 3 | The country 's main port , Chittagong , was crippled and the entire salt producing industry around Cox 's Bazar destroyed . |
| 4 | The restoration also involved removal around the damage of old repaint which obscured some of the thumb prints which , uniquely in Poussin 's work , texture the whole picture surface . |
| 5 | Police , local authorities , schools and crime prevention teams are all involved in tackling crime around the workplace , and business should play a part in this effort . |
| 6 | At 27 years old , and having won 52 international caps , ‘ Jacki ’ had earned recognition around the world and , more importantly , the permission of the Polish authorities to move abroad . |
| 7 | She was sitting by the food tray , and had ordered six of the older and more sensible nomes to stand guard around it to keep children away . |
| 8 | Overthrow made from ticking , 130cm wide , £13.50/m , wire basket with candleholders , £21 ; all from The Conran Shop ; we painted the basket red , twined ivy around it and lined it with moss , before filling with fruit . |
| 9 | Here , while he waited to embark the Susannah Anne bound for Hobart , he met with the offices from HMS Beagle , then on its third surveying voyage around the world under Commander John C. Wickham . |
| 10 | He was soon overpowered with either sleep or cold , when his faithful defendant , who had closely attended to every step , scratched away the snow so as to throw up a sort of protecting wall around his helpless master ; then mounting upon the exposed body , rolled himself round and lay upon his master 's bosom , for which his shaggy coat proved a most seasonable covering and eventual protection during the dreadful severity of the night , the snow falling all the time . |
| 11 | Inspired by a chance viewing of some primitive paintings , the choregrapher wove movement around tradition , viewed through personal reminiscences . |
| 12 | There would be one thematic core course in which two tutors , from Social Science and Theology respectively , would introduce discussion around key concepts . |
| 13 | In the early postwar years potentially damaging splits within the ranks of the Labour Party in West Ham forced by the war were healed , and the party embarked on a campaign to consolidate power around a unified populist programme of reform . |
| 14 | And on the night of the final reaping , there 's a great harvest supper , after which the men would stay guard around the great heaps of grain which were ready to winnowed early the following morning . |
| 15 | EXETER 's meeting tomorrow offers the main hope of a resumption to jumps racing as freezing conditions continue to cause havoc around the country . |
| 16 | Gina paused to pass her approving gaze around the rest of the room . |
| 17 | With a confusing number of Lo Life impersonators causing havoc around New York , this is , unfortunately , where people come looking for payback . |
| 18 | Into the discussions of partnership in validation , the ‘ blue book ’ and the possibility of new validation arrangements with ‘ mature ’ institutions were fed the varied attempts to draw lessons from and conduct dialogue around the specific difficulties encountered over the Teesside visit . |
| 19 | Do what you can to create joy around you . |
| 20 | But I was not prepared for the raking over of academic arguments on defining poverty around when John Moore , then Secretary of State for Social Services , said poverty no longer existed . |
| 21 | What good can you do mooning around worrying , picking at your food like an anorexic , and giving yourself splitting headaches ? |
| 22 | Using 256 colours on a VGA display , the graphics show warmth around lamps and fireplaces and muggy dampness out on the smog filled London streets . |
| 23 | Between 10 and 16 live whales were seen milling around the mouth of the Nene at 8.30 that morning ; low water was at midday , and at about 5 that afternoon the pod was seen swimming off to the north on the rising tide . |
| 24 | The program can be operated , in the main , with a mouse which speeds movement around the screen . |
| 25 | Then Ari could feel flesh around her , the bedsheets beneath her body . |
| 26 | But their eyes and looks made love for them , and spread happiness around them , and their talk was always of the future they were to spend together . |
| 27 | It goes west along the river Humber before passing north around the western edge of the Yorkshire Wolds . |
| 28 | Smoke rose around him . |
| 29 | The word processor is the best one reviewed here ; the only one which lets you divide a page into columns and run text around an imported table , chart or graphic . |
| 30 | Our salesmen are still selling hotelware around the world . |