Example sentences of "[vb base] around a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Build around a forward-mounted Transit diesel engine and Land Rover axles and a mini-digger cab , the unit was built over the winter . |
| 2 | Rifts persistently occur within the human race , and one important cause could well be found in the tendency of human beings to group themselves together and rally around a particular banner for no other reason than to be able to identify another group as an ‘ enemy ’ upon whom can be laid the blame for hardship and misery suffered ; suffering which it has not been possible to attribute to any obvious cause . |
| 3 | Everyone seems shocked to the core by Steve Jones ' dreadful slot and The Charlatans huddle around a backstage corner as the cold evening creeps in . |
| 4 | Everyone seems shocked to the core by Steve Jones ' dreadful slot and The Charlatans huddle around a backstage corner as the cold evening creeps in . |
| 5 | We would go out to lunch or perhaps look around a stately home — life became extremely rich because we could control Ruth 's pain with morphine . |
| 6 | It has 94 rooms and self-catering apartments set around a central pool and bar , around which much of the hotel life revolves . |
| 7 | Two stunning resorts set around a glimmering bay . ’ |
| 8 | All participants sit around a large table . |
| 9 | It soon becomes evident that these other and wider meanings cluster around a specific conception of the national culture . |
| 10 | As we settle around a large table , John Schlesinger , the director , asks if I would like to read the minor parts . |