Example sentences of "round to the [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The one he selected , instantly burst into life and the propeller whizzed round to the utter amazement of all those working in the vicinity . |
| 2 | Dorothy had already told Isobel of the conversation that afternoon , so she was prepared ; but he found it difficult to get round to the real object of the visit . |
| 3 | She swung herself down from the back door and went round to the front steps of the kiosk . |
| 4 | Long lost ‘ friends ’ suddenly received phone calls which quickly edged round to the appalling standard of the existing Sunday papers . |
| 5 | Alida went round to the far side of the great bed , the unseemly bed , in which her mother 's shrunken body was lost as in a great sea . |
| 6 | As soon as they sight a predator approaching , they swiftly dart round to the far side of a tree-trunk before performing the rigid ‘ statue ’ response . |
| 7 | As a precaution , Alexandra took her fork round to the far side of the wain , in case her mother should be looking from a window , and plunged and twisted it in most expertly in order to bring out a huge wedge of tawny grasses , cut last summer in these very meadows . |
| 8 | Quickly he pulled the gun round to the other side of the log , hiding it . |
| 9 | He was about to apologize , remembered the microphone , then moved round to the other side of the desk and sat down . |
| 10 | We had two minutes to get into cover and walked round to the other side of the wall and crouched down with our hands over our ears and our helmets firmly strapped on . |
| 11 | If Johann did not open the door , Fritz would come round to the other side of the castle to find me . |
| 12 | For instance , young and untrained sheepdogs will often spontaneously run round to the other side of a flock of sheep and try to drive them towards the shepherd . |
| 13 | A naive dog will spontaneously run round to the other side of the flock . |
| 14 | It can therefore be taught to circle if ( a ) the shepherd first makes the dog run round to the other side of the flock , and then ( b ) moves himself and repeats the exercise . |
| 15 | There was a navigable track that circled the perimeter , and brought the car round to the other side of the curator 's house and garden by inconspicuous ways . |
| 16 | ‘ This is a very pleasant office , ’ she began conversationally as he handed her a cup and went round to the other side of the desk . |
| 17 | Moving round to the other side of the bed , the nurse proceeded to change the bottle on the I.V . |
| 18 | To my right was the endless sandy sweep and white surf of Rhossili Bay , curving for miles round to the distant headland of Burry Holms . |
| 19 | Lorimer took Cleo round to the left side of the house , which was thickly covered in ancient ivy . |
| 20 | They walked round to the back garden of the cottage , past the little wooden outhouse that was the toilet . |
| 21 | But in the Baltic area , in Lithuania , Latvia , Estonia and right round to the coastal strip of the White Sea , there are brick and timber buildings which have much in common with those found in the Baltic region of eastern Germany and Poland . |