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1  But he hardly noticed his surroundings.
Nineteen Eighty-Four By George Orwell
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2  'The house is surrounded,' said Winston.
Nineteen Eighty-Four By George Orwell
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3  'The house is surrounded,' said the voice.
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4  He was strapped into a chair surrounded by dials, under dazzling lights.
Nineteen Eighty-Four By George Orwell
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5  Even after his eyes were open he took in his surroundings only gradually.
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6  The voice from the other table quacked rapidly on, easily audible in spite of the surrounding din.
Nineteen Eighty-Four By George Orwell
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7  It was a device by means of which everyone could be surrounded night and day by informers who knew him intimately.
Nineteen Eighty-Four By George Orwell
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8  So completely did they dwarf the surrounding architecture that from the roof of Victory Mansions you could see all four of them simultaneously.
Nineteen Eighty-Four By George Orwell
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9  When Winston followed her, he found that they were in a natural clearing, a tiny grassy knoll surrounded by tall saplings that shut it in completely.
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10  In the dream he had remembered his last glimpse of his mother, and within a few moments of waking the cluster of small events surrounding it had all come back.
Nineteen Eighty-Four By George Orwell
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11  He had sat silent against the wall, jostled by dirty bodies, too preoccupied by fear and the pain in his belly to take much interest in his surroundings, but still noticing the astonishing difference in demeanour between the Party prisoners and the others.
Nineteen Eighty-Four By George Orwell
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