Example sentences of "around [pron] [coord] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wrapped a short raincoat around himself and ran up the front path . |
| 2 | She dodged around him and ran into the road as he made a grab for her . |
| 3 | Making a mental note to drop the watch into Merryfields watch repairs on his next visit to Berkeley , Yanto hitched the blanket around him and walked through the silent house into the kitchen . |
| 4 | Blake felt people gathering around him and staring at the warehouse now transformed into a burning pyre . |
| 5 | It sounded a pleasant , civilised household to settle in until he had time to look around him and decide about the future . |
| 6 | Ten minutes later in the gymnasium downstairs Lee reflected that if she threw one of the dumb-bells she was using at the wall-sized mirror and it shattered into a hundred pieces around a central trauma , she would wake herself up and everybody around her and get into the local papers . |
| 7 | Later , as she pulled the sheets around her and listened to the night sounds from her bedroom Juliet rememberd the birds on the river , and the cool grass beneath them , and the love they 'd shared . |
| 8 | She wrapped a towel around her and ran to the sitting-room , swearing under her breath . |
| 9 | The speeder bucked and dived , and Ace struggled with the controls while chunks of hot stone and metal rained around her and sizzled in the ankle-deep puddles on the floor . |
| 10 | Isabel saw his face go taut an instant before he whipped an arm around her and dived for the floor , taking her down with him . |