Example sentences of "[noun sg] work around " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They have taken to all the noise and building work around them better than we hoped and we are looking forward to the arrival of six cow elephants and one bull in six weeks time . ’ |
| 2 | Resulting from our systematical radio monitoring work around the clock all over the world . |
| 3 | The elegant proportions of the building , the elaborate stucco work around the windows , discreet shutters and occasional small , stone balcony give it an air of elegance and tranquillity . |
| 4 | The consequence of the reduction had been to put resignalling work around Waterloo — which led to the Clapham disaster — two months behind schedule . |
| 5 | The actual vicar was er it was high , a high church , Father and then there was er he was a vicar and he used to live in the vicarage which is higher up than the church at the back of the church Street , and there was Father , he used to run the Boy Scouts troop , and there were , I believe there were , there was two curates , I , I think the other one was named , but in those days either in Street I think it was in Street there was er two or three Sisters of Mercy that used to live down there , and they used to , cos being high church they were able to go , they did n't do any preaching or anything like that but they did parish work around the parish you know , they used to , they used to call them Sisters of Mercy . |