SRL for [hemmed in]: Instead of the usual straggling privet hedges and patches of bare dirt in most small - town squares , the building was [hemmed in] by a semitropical growth of camellias and azaleas and a smooth lawn the improbably bright - green shade of florist 's grass .
ARG-M-ADV: Instead of the usual straggling privet hedges and patches of bare dirt in most small - town squares | ARG-2: the building | ARG-1: by a semitropical growth of camellias and azaleas and a smooth lawn the improbably bright - green shade of florist 's grass