Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [v-ing] round the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were ponderous and unfunny , and never reached an end before some new miracle in the audience brought the crowds milling round the stage , shouting and pushing and throwing gifts . |
| 2 | There would have been little room to work or store on the gallery , but it could have been a convenient place to display finished work for the approval of the merchants riding round the countryside in search of stock , as the main road passes nearby and upon which the main flow of riders would have travelled . |
| 3 | He talks of the growing infrastructure of Glasgow 's dance music scene : the clubs , the enthusiasm , Mercury Radio pirate station recently back on air and the next move a Glaswegian record label to showcase the talents emerging round the city . |
| 4 | oh right , and you get all the blokes standing round the bar with a pint in their hand , eyeing up the woman , looking for which one they 're gon na move in on do n't ya ? |
| 5 | Nathan was becoming very wary of all the secrets prowling round the complex at Acropolis Park . |
| 6 | When the mayor ordered the lobbyists standing round the side of the chamber to move into the public gallery , Cooper protested that they had every right to be there : ‘ They are not peasants to be roped in . ’ |
| 7 | Panic began to grip Mildred as it slowly dawned on her that not only Tabby , but also the bedstead , all the furniture and even the bats sleeping round the picture rail were many times larger than usual . |
| 8 | From the opening , during the cold New York winter of 1967 , the queues extending round the block outside Manhattan cinemas consisted mostly of young people hugging themselves and each other , and stamping their feet to keep warm , full of the expectation of seeing a movie that addressed them and their problems . |
| 9 | I listened to the sounds of the clock on the stairs , and the wood in the fire , and the footsteps and voices of the girls walking round the house . |
| 10 | One of the couples walking round the camp was approaching . |
| 11 | Then they came in and joined the others sitting round the fire . |
| 12 | It was ironic to Victor and the colleagues sitting round the table that morning that Gorbachev had been the KGB choice as leader . |