Pattern: V around n

The pattern can be best understood by viewing the interactive construction network link above.

To examine the individual constructions please see the tables below:

Examples
John hung around the theatre and lent a hand in any way he could. (BNC)
…the Treaty of Rome had skirted around the question of political cooperation. (BNC)
…the gulls were crying as they circled around the school. (BNC)
…the students and teachers ignored the novelist and crowded around the poet. (BNC)
Most of the dispute about the nature of convection ... revolves around whether the circulation pattern involves all…the mantle. (BNC)

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