Example sentences of "conversation round " in BNC.
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| 1 | He turned every conversation round to himself . |
| 2 | How was he going to turn the conversation round to the subject of poison ? |
| 3 | All of his energies were devoted to bringing the conversation round to the topic of food and drink , but Donald , once he had explained , or failed to explain , the Madonna Complex , moved swiftly on to what he described as his problem , which turned out to be law and order . |
| 4 | She managed to guide the conversation round to Ibn Fayoud . |
| 5 | Rather desperately , Celia steered the conversation round to her and Brian 's new house in the country , how Alison and Geoffrey must come and stay , that they would be less than fifty miles apart ; while Alison , obviously thankful to turn to less delicate matters , regaled her with a description of all she had been doing in her garden and some rather dull anecdotes about the neighbours whom Celia and Brian had met on their last visit . |
| 6 | ‘ Just talking to myself , it 's the only way I can get any sensible conversation round here . ’ |
| 7 | What we did say did n't encourage them to chat as we 'd always turn the conversation round to why they were keeping us like this . |
| 8 | But still he searched for ways to bring the conversation round to Tace . |
| 9 | By the end , he acted as if he 'd said nothing to me at all earlier about being worried , being followed and everything and he turned the conversation round to me and my future . |
| 10 | It was described as being ‘ … as black as a luger barrel ’ ; as being able to bring ‘ … polite conversation round to the subject of violence and warfare ’ ; as accusing the Georgian terraces of Bath ( where it was exhibited ) of daydreaming , and of making reference to the military hardware stored in the ancient subterranean quarries beneath the city . |
| 11 | I bring the conversation round to our prisoners , but he does n't know where they were taken , or what we might do when someone finally comes . |
| 12 | Rainbow 's been waiting for an opportunity to nudge the conversation round to Stamford Hill . |
| 13 | Sooner or later I was going to have to turn this conversation round to Jesus Christ . |
| 14 | Tonight , however , she was keen to steer the conversation round to the subject of Hugh Puddephat . |
| 15 | Her husband grunted but Valerie Stevens then skilfully changed the subject , asking Rachel questions about the factory and the Coachliner aircraft and finally bringing the conversation round to the group from Conway House . |