Example sentences of "round and [adv] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | A group of whirligig beetles span round and round on the surface of the water putting me in a daze . |
2 | As the loose barley was unloaded on to the goafstead , a boy rode a quiet old farmhorse round and round on the corn , trampling it down . |
3 | McDunn taps the fag packet round and round on the table a couple of times . |
4 | He taps the cigarette packet round and round on the table surface . |
5 | He chooses to tap his fag packet round and round on the tabletop again rather than speak to me , so I say , ‘ Well , I 'm not sure about that , but it 's certainly somebody who knows me ; I mean , I think that card with my writing on it proves that . |
6 | She kept twirling round and round on the grass . ’ |