31.   This and the buddy-buddy motif, it was implied, reflected upon the dubious masculinity of the male movie buffs who gathered round his cinematic campfires.

32.   Women and children, sobbing and beating their chests, gathered round the bullet-pocked bodies of their menfolk, scattered and askew near the Sikh temple.

33.   Blushing and shy, they gathered round their teacher, Trinh Trieu Le, to have their pictures taken with Anderson.

34.   Gather round the TV for the game everybody is waiting for.

35.   In Gori, not far from Tbilisi, the crowd gathered round a huge statue of the Soviet dictator.

36.   Millions of fans gathered round their TV sets on Sunday mornings to watch the local kid beat the Europeans and Americans at their own high-tech game.

37.   A crowd gathered round the soldiers and began throwing stones at them, he explained.

38.   Dozens of residents gathered round a local flute-player, singing patriotic songs praising the PLO and Arafat.

39.   Every night huge crowds gather round roving spotlit camera crews, like moths around candles.

40.   They gathered round a table laid out with fruit and juices.