Example sentences of "[num] [noun sg] around " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every time The Smiths play a traditional fifty dater around the country they kill off five budding James by buttressing the more dangerous music biz clichés . |
| 2 | and you think part of the fear is er Russian causing the fear that communism is now spread three fold around the world . |
| 3 | Combined ‘ Standalone ’ Answering Machine/Faxes cost about £500 and an external 2400 modem around the £200 mark . |
| 4 | We joined Soul II Soul around ‘ 83 . |
| 5 | I 'd seen Bunny arrive , take one look around the pub and decide against it . |
| 6 | They are then used to support recommendations concerning the organization of society and personal conduct resting on straight matters of fact , or at least the best available opinion on matters of fact , of the one kind around which clear minded people can expect to rally as a basis for human cooperation . |
| 7 | I wrapped one strip around the twisted knee , then a second over the calf muscles below , keeping them in place with the elastic bands . |
| 8 | Hence , at type II promoters , a second domain may be involved in transcription activation , whereas at type I promoters only the one patch around residue 159 is efficient . |
| 9 | Roll one rasher around each prune and secure with a cocktail stick . |
| 10 | I can remember one morning around this time bringing Lord Darlington coffee in the breakfast room , and his saying to me as he folded The Times with some disgust : ‘ Frenchmen . |
| 11 | Richard wrapped one vest around each foot and tied the corners tightly . |
| 12 | He stood by the exit , watching , cupping one hand around the flame of his lighter as he lit up a Marlboro . |
| 13 | He groaned and drew her closer , one hand around her waist , while the other separated her blouse from the waistband of her skirt . |
| 14 | And she 's got a crappy Just Seventeen choker around her neck , it is so shit ! |
| 15 | One way around this problem is tree-cyling . |
| 16 | One way around disposal difficulties may be a new contract dipping service ( see page 38 ) . |
| 17 | One way around the problem is joint developments with foreign partners . |
| 18 | If the child does not know or is too shy to talk a suggestion that ‘ Perhaps mum or dad can remind you ? ’ and encouraging the parents to talk is one way around the problem . |
| 19 | One way around this problem should be to teach these skills in a practical way , in a context in which the children themselves can see their usefulness . |
| 20 | One way around the intractable problem of defining the term ‘ services ’ has been proposed by Gershuny and Miles ( 1983 ) . |
| 21 | One way around this particular problem would be to adapt the approach recommended by the Canadian Sentencing Commission ( 1997 ) , in which guide-lines are used in the first instance simply to indicate offences for which the presumptive sentence would ( or would normally ) involve a community sanction , and those which would ( or would normally ) involve a custodial penalty . |
| 22 | One way around that problem has been the use of outdoor announcement boards , which are positioned just outside the bar and are very clearly Guinness branded . |
| 23 | One way around that might be then to have enough cadres on the ground in order to , to do it properly . |
| 24 | Just place four fingers and one thumb around the new JVC GR-AX7 and cradle it . |
| 25 | He put one arm around Jack 's waist and the other , after a barely discernible pause , around Maurice 's . |
| 26 | He kissed her cheek and put one arm around her shoulders and hugged her . |
| 27 | And when he thrust at her , still yelling , ‘ Get up into that house , there ! ’ and almost pushed her onto her back , the young fellow sprang forward and grabbed her ; then , with one arm around her and the other fist doubled , forefinger pointing out straight at the man , he cried at him , ‘ You lay another hand on her like that , mister , an' that 'll be the last thing you do . ’ |
| 28 | Chuck , with one arm around one of the saplings that grew on the ridge , hung tightly on to his end of the rope . |
| 29 | Sally sat close to Edward on the bench seat and he drove with one arm around her , somehow managing to change gear with his right hand . |
| 30 | I had one arm around his neck and was leaning my head against his chest . |