Example sentences of "a [noun] go round " in BNC.
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1 | But he said there is a gang going round , and some are putting the chimneys on and the others are going in and doing the flues . |
2 | There 's a bug going round , so I hear . |
3 | Once again , however , defensiveness won the day and when the Strathclyde Centre circulated forces asking them to co-operate in the venture , a decision was taken to withhold co-operation and a circular went round to this effect , suggesting the existing Home Office funded PRSU ( Police Research Services Unit ) and the Home Office Research and Planning Unit were adequate for the needs of the service . |
4 | And er a gent used to have er a gentleman going round with a great long stick . |
5 | Yes er I remember a chap at the depot doing the Spanish Civil War er wh th there was a movement going round collecting food for the , or money for food for the children of Spain . |
6 | The difference between a town Hells Angel and a country Hells Angel was epitomised when a Gravedigger went round to get a colleague to assist in the ensuing skirmish . |
7 | There 's a rumour goes round that it 's because of something he 's said . |
8 | Now you should take a year to go round there . |
9 | The sort of question he was apt to ask , ‘ Which way does a clock go round ? ’ , was pure Carroll . |
10 | Fadge there 's a flab going round . |
11 | and then they say there 's a trip going round at the brewery , er you can either have the er twenty five minute trip or the , the forty minute trip , whichever you want , well of course everybody says the twenty five and then the rep always , it says oh well these fellas have been four times before so we stop in the bar and you can have what you want , spirits whatever you like and then the bucket comes out and it 's , it 's smashing |
12 | As it goes r you 've heard something sort of er say an ashtray going round on a hard surface . |