Example sentences of "around her in [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 She felt his arms tighten around her in a comforting hug and just for a few seconds she allowed herself the luxury of sinking against him , feeling the strength and the warmth of his body next to her skin .
2 Involuntarily she pulled it more securely around her in a jerky movement , her flush deepening as his mouth curved with mocking laughter .
3 They stood around her in the stuffy room , aghast .
4 And however hard she tried to hide her intentions from Nils they were emblazoned around her in the electric blue of panic over the iridium crown of Steel City in the night .
5 The street seemed to be full of perfume now , wafting around her in the biting wind — the perfume that was the most evocative memory she had of her mother , a haunting perfume , light and teasing and sweet , a perfume that smelled a little like a summer garden at dusk , a perfume , the memory of which had possessed the power to bring tears to her eyes long , long after she had forgotten how to conjure up the image of her mother 's face .
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