Example sentences of "[vb base] round the [noun sg] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Carefully they cut round the base with a knife , to free any wax that was sealing it down , and eased the skep up off the base stone . |
| 2 | Within this encircling road , lie a series of superb brown trout and sea-trout lochs : Scadavay , with shores that meander round the moor for a distance of more than fifty miles ; full of fishy points and promontories , reputed to contain 365 islands . |
| 3 | Dip the end of each cutting in a rooting powder ( even this is optional ) and insert round the edge of a 15cm ( 6in ) pot — or plant individually in 8–9cm ( 3–3½in ) pots . |
| 4 | Later my father decided it would be useful and character-forming for me to know all the measurements as well as he did , so I had to sit for hours with the Measurement Book ( a huge loose-leaf thing with all the information on the little stickers carefully recorded according to room and category of object ) , or go round the house with a jotter , making my own notes . |
| 5 | After such rows , her mother would sometimes stay in her room for days on end or trail round the house like a blind stranger , oblivious to Katherine 's existence . |