Example sentences of "[vb base] around the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Players skate around the ice with realistic momentum , ie you have to slow down to turn round . |
| 2 | The other main group of whales , the baleen whales , browse around the surface of the ocean , filtering plankton through the vast , brush-like plates in their mouths . |
| 3 | Too often they are dominated by smooth committee men in light grey suits with lukewarm words which swill around the mouth like watered-down lemonade . |
| 4 | Now place around the head of this statue angels ; place in his left hand a sword ; and light in his realistically enamelled eyes a welcome and a promise such as I had never , never in all my years seen . |
| 5 | Complete the icing of the cake and decorate around the base with ribbons . |
| 6 | Cut another , larger ( 7·5cm/3inch wide ) , strip of white fondant , and attach around the neck of the rocket where it narrows . |
| 7 | While I was shaving , peacefully surveying my baggy eyes , thick lips hinting at a recent cold sore , and ever-deepening wrinkles , I saw in the mirror something monstrous appear around the side of my grey hair . |
| 8 | In other words , we have fossils that just suddenly appear around the world at one moment in geological history and " whence , and whither flown again , who knows " ? |
| 9 | I usually walk around the corner to a place nearby , but today I thought it might be worthwhile to eat at a small Chinese restaurant several blocks away where a lot of newspaper guys gather . |
| 10 | I walk around the street like this ( spreads arms into Messianic pose ) with ‘ I 'M FROM THE FALL ’ on me forehead , but they ignore me . |
| 11 | I walk around the shop on air and Berty Barlow says I 've got stars in my eyes , and I have and they 're shining just for you . |
| 12 | Cut around the tile to be removed to separate it from its neighbours |
| 13 | His quest for adventure led him to give up the business and sail around the world with a friend in 1980 — but disaster struck . |
| 14 | Then there were the armchairs and sofas that travel around the country from auction to auction to auction . |
| 15 | One possibility is that the yeast is releasing toxins and other products that travel around the body in the blood . |
| 16 | Run around the field for an hour , boy . |
| 17 | The children stand around the leader in a semi-circle and are numbered off until the last two become Jack and then King or Queen . |
| 18 | ‘ Why do Beefeaters wear those silly hats and hang around the Tower of London ? |
| 19 | I hang around the pavement by the shop for a bit , fiddling with the ball of string in my pocket . |
| 20 | ‘ When I look around the rest of the title contenders , I see nothing to fear — but that does n't mean we should underestimate any rivals . ’ |
| 21 | Some civil code jurisdictions get around the problem by looking for a consensus which blends the two sets of conditions , and uses the power of the court to resolve contradicting conditions . |
| 22 | Roll out and cut out four strips about 25cm ( 10inches ) long and 2·5cm ( 1inch ) wide , and secure around the edge of the cake to form a rim . |
| 23 | Roll out the remaining yellow icing into two curved strips , about 2·5x12·5cm ( 1x5inches ) , trim the edges and secure around the neck for a collar . |
| 24 | Huy watched him cross the little square in front of his house and disappear around the corner on the way back to the palace compound . |
| 25 | Then with the tips of the forefingers , trace around the spiral of the ears ( see Fig. 11 ) . |
| 26 | To make a little nappy for a baby whale , cut out a triangle of white fondant and wrap around the base of the body before the tail is added , folding upwards and securing with a ‘ pin ’ — pipe on with royal icing and a medium writing nozzle and then paint with silver food colouring . |
| 27 | Trim the strip so that it is even , and wrap around the base of the postbox , using a dampened paint brush and smoothing over the join . |
| 28 | We all prowl around the pool in a fabrication of isolation , none of us speaking . |
| 29 | The RNA working copies drift around the interior of the cells , and eventually some of them bump into protein-making machines called ribosomes . |
| 30 | Clouds of dust would fly up into the air , drift around the flat for a while , then settle on the beds and desk and chairs . |