Example sentences of "in around " in BNC.

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1 She 's ringing in around lunchtime .
2 So the main tension in Around The World In 80 Days ( BBC 1 ) , in which Michael Palin does a Phileas Fogg , is whether the famously amiable presenter will ever rise to a barbed remark .
3 If you try to squeeze these requirements in around the mainstream business , you will be left with scrappy little bits of free time that are useless , and your visitors will feel cheated .
4 But in 1919 disenchantment set in around the globe .
5 Finally you attach priorities to these tasks and all other activities then have to be fitted in around these priorities .
6 The story is that the brave telegraphist continued to tap out messages and calls for help as the roaring fire closed in around his log cabin No 30 beside the railroad track , and he was still tapping out the Morse code for ‘ end of message — 30 — end of message — 30 … ’ as the burning log cabin collapsed around him .
7 He found that when a hen has decided where to nest , she works her whole body about to mould a comfortable shape , then pecks up more loose stuff to tuck in around her .
8 Putrefaction had set in around the nose and mouth , the skin felt cold and soggy as Corbett gently turned the head to look at the fatal weal round the neck , a broad , purple black gash with little round indentations which made it look like some ghostly parody of a necklace .
9 Translated into terms of visual experience , this would be like a semi-transparent door with extra light coming in around all the cracks .
10 Sainsbury moved in around day two with a £200,000 press project that has now evolved into a £14.2m ( Media Register ) account .
11 ‘ Our whole golfing world has fallen in around our ears , ’ said Mrs Molloy .
12 Meanwhile , strike partner While there has been no doubting the high regard Beardsley is held in around Everton , many had begun to question Mo Johnston , whose future at Goodison had been in doubt after two months in the cold , looks to have earned a temporary reprieve following his equaliser against Liverpool .
13 Joints open up , and crumbling putty allows water to seep in around the panes , eventually rotting the glazing bars and frame members .
14 On encoffining , the hood would be unfolded and drawn over the face , the top sheet turned up and tucked in around the neck , if not higher .
15 They had , apparently , ridden in around dawn , after a hectic escape from the battlefield 's carnage , the Steward 's right arm in a sling .
16 The twilight began to move in around me , that strange half-light which sometimes gives way to an afterglow .
17 He stood listening to their uncertain footsteps , shaking his head as the night closed in around them .
18 Let's see ! ’ said the others , crowding in around a big pan of stale bread and biscuits .
19 She always had on a brown cotton smock which was pinched in around the waist with a wide leather belt .
20 Rushing for the exit , I found my escape blocked as a chorus of sinister cackling closed in around me .
21 Limp orange light was leaking in around the edges of a grey blind .
22 A foul zephyr of ageing artificial air washed in around her , heavy with rancid oil and zinc .
23 ‘ Aye , except he pointed out that if she was new to the job and she tried to muzzle in around that quarter , the others would soon make short shrift of her .
24 He let himself quietly out of the house and the silence closed in around Hari , smothering her .
25 The silence closed in around her and her loneliness was almost tangible .
26 European pricing is expected to come in around that of the US at $22,000 per server licence .
27 The Albanians feel the CSCE has been hoodwinked , and believe that guns are being dug in around the city .
28 Due to ship the last quarter of next year , it should clock in around 100MHz to 150MHz but the Microprocessor Report figures its integer performance is unlikely to exceed Pentium 's significantly .
29 European pricing is expected to come in around that of the US at $22,000 per server licence .
30 Revenues from its share of AT&T 's $1,400m contract with the Inland Revenue Service in the US will kick in around November , the firm says .
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