Example sentences of "[vb past] around the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Emily paced around the book-lined study and blamed her father for his hostile attitude to Craig . |
| 2 | Feminist differences which erupted around the 1912 amendment act were symptomatic of growing divisions within the women 's movement over sexuality . |
| 3 | In Sarajevo , some of the heaviest shelling in recent months erupted around the besieged city as leaders of Bosnia 's warring factions prepared for a new round of peace talks in New York . |
| 4 | FOR THE NEXT SEVEN WEEKS they moseyed around the Western Isles , often encountering rough weather : Skye , Raasay , Coll , Mull , Ulva , Inchkenneth and Iona . |
| 5 | The humans clustered around the stricken lorry . |
| 6 | Additionally it has been recognized that the largest concentrations of first-class villas often clustered around the small towns in preference to major towns or cities . |
| 7 | Clustered around the main building are a number of older stone-built dye-houses , drying stoves and outbuildings , some of which have been imaginatively converted . |
| 8 | Corvan seems to draw on the ‘ traditional ’ associations — the feelings of continuity — clustered around the Scottish tune , ‘ Na Good Luck about the House ’ , to support his nostalgically cast complaint . |
| 9 | The voice-over described the need for accommodation for the thousands of unemployed youngsters who pour hopefully into London every year , while the camera panned around the sparse but well-kept lodgings . |
| 10 | But Sir Norman and Mr Heseltine rallied around the Prime Minister , saying his survival had not been threatened by the bitter speech yesterday . |
| 11 | But Sir Norman and Trade President Michael Heseltine rallied around the Prime Minister saying his survival had not been threatened by yesterday 's dramatic speech . |
| 12 | But Sir Norman and Mr Heseltine rallied around the Prime Minister , saying his survival had not been threatened by the bitter speech yesterday . |
| 13 | However , if you now have the determination to become a bigger fish in a bigger pool , then you will take what occurred around the lunar eclipse on August 6th as a signal to put the past behind you and devote all your energy to plants designed to give you a greater degree of freedom . |
| 14 | The town was small and neat , typical of the towns of the area , almost all of it built around the central square , which was shaded by high trees . |
| 15 | His small dark eyes darted around the smoke-filled room , looking for a friendly face , but they were all closed and impassive . |
| 16 | Striped deck chairs had gone from the long , grey stretch of shingle below the Promenade , and the fairy-lights that spiralled around the white lampposts were never turned on after the beginning of October for reasons of economy . |
| 17 | I squinted around the bright walls and stacks . |
| 18 | My throat would itch with the dust of doves who enquired and conversed on the same few notes , while the heavy ticking of the estate clock at the top of a rotting ladder reverberated around the eight chalk walls where game used to be hung . |
| 19 | The sound of the door being closed reverberated around the silent corridors of the castle . |
| 20 | At this time she met the young ( Sir ) Edwin Lutyens [ q.v. ] , also a native of West Surrey , and together they drove around the narrow lanes in her dogcart , sketching and photographing details that appealed to them : a buttressed wall , a patterned chimney , the angle of a building which , although the result of chance , was pleasing in design . |
| 21 | ‘ One Sunday I drove around the well-to-do area of Stoke Bishop , and next morning the Post Office had run out of licence stamps . ’ |
| 22 | Every balcony was full as the cars blasted around the 2 kilometre town centre circuit . |
| 23 | She debated the likelihood of this as she strolled around the crowded exhibition at Olympia , too preoccupied to take in much of her surroundings . |
| 24 | He was joined there later by Debbie 's father and they strolled around the beautiful gardens together . |
| 25 | Then they 'd come back and talk about rugby half the night and all you heard was ‘ came around the bloody blind side and bang ! ’ ' |
| 26 | Yellow wagtails were in pairs in fair numbers , but the most spectacular sight came around the main region , over the Wigborough Lagoon and down beyond . |
| 27 | When I came around the next time all I seen was smoke … and I knew we put the final bullet in him , ’ Destefani said after emerging from the cockpit of his winning racer . |
| 28 | She explored around the puckered surround of her anus , and using her middle finger , firmly stabbed the first joint into the tightly guarded entrance . |
| 29 | Her mind raced around the nameless colours in the sky and the tantalising word warm which they refused to speak or explain . |
| 30 | The children joined hands with Uncle Sam and danced around the burning cross . |