Example sentences of "[verb] up around the [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These terms are all very descriptive , since the material which accumulates around a Strombolian vent does indeed look rather like boiler slag , but it is more correctly called scoria , and the cones which build up around the vent scoria cones . |
| 2 | Town centres have grown up around the market place over many generations . |
| 3 | When the feathery shoots appear , they will grow up around the carrot top to make a pretty hanging basket . |
| 4 | Security 's being tightened up around the breeding pens … but staff are committed to maintaining the same easy access to the birds for visitors to the trust . |
| 5 | Way in the background , Lucy could see Josie with her back to the door as she cleaned up around the makeup chair . |
| 6 | Today the Abbey 's massive gatehouse overlooks the ancient battlefield and , on the opposite side , the lovely little market town called Battle , which grew up around the Abbey walls . |