Example sentences of "go round the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | However , once the technique has been mastered , and provided lots of space is left , making a set of notes with powerful punch and instant accessibility gives as much sense of achievement as going round the golf course under par or making a successful rugby try against strong opposition . |
| 32 | ‘ There is a band of mercenaries going round the circuit , but I would n't pay them in washers — even the big names ’ — JOHN PERKINS ( Pontypool coach ) on player transfers in Wales . |
| 33 | Frank has made a career of knocking on doors , finding the wood is solid and going round the back way . |
| 34 | Either that or they 're finding out if someone 's home before going round the back and breaking in . |
| 35 | Well I ca n't see it so I 'm going round , I 'm going round the back . |
| 36 | That was what the professor thought about those two beetles going round the pebble . |
| 37 | ‘ When , in answer to his assumption that there was to be an early wedding , I asked what was going round the grapevine now , he told me it was pure speculation on his part , stemming from the fact that you 'd just handed in your resignation . ’ |
| 38 | There was a time when many gliding instructors scorned the use of a rigid drill , and taught their students instead to check everything logically by going round the cockpit from left to right . |
| 39 | There had been some acid , some purple haze , going round the school recently , and a couple of boys were tripping . |
| 40 | And we were absolutely amazed when , in going round the ocean floors , we found that indeed these molecules in the sediments showed a , a relationship to the surface temperatures above them at the present day . |
| 41 | After the programme I spend several hours just going round the wards chatting to the patients and collecting requests for my Sunday show . |
| 42 | While ahead were the threatening lights of houses and cars going round the perimeter of the Park . |
| 43 | I was thinking of going round the time , but I shall go this afternoon , it 's |
| 44 | They 're going round the caravans . |
| 45 | I mean you 'd see it going round the town quite regularly emptying the gullies . |
| 46 | Too fast and you lose your balance going round the bend.Around 12 miles an hour is about right , controlled by relaxed knees . |
| 47 | Typically a group might have a system of going round the table , letting everyone have their say . |
| 48 | BELOW : The Wolverton Royal Train crew in 1965 , having a lunch break in escort vehicle 5155 , left to right , going round the table : Alf Styan ( Catering Manager , Euston ) , Gerald Kingston ( fitter ) , Harry Elliott ( foreman ) Stan Butler ( electrician ) , Eric Barnes ( finisher ) , Arthur Harrap ( fitter ) , Arthur Cowley ( painter ) , Jack Preston ( fitter ) , Ernie Henson ( electrician ) . |
| 49 | No , he was going round the halls , picking up the odd act , putting shows on , making money . |
| 50 | He 'd been going round the beat supping this over-proofed rum from the Customs . |
| 51 | There was a little parapet going round the arcade and it suddenly occurred to Owen that it might provide a vantage-point from which he could more pleasantly monitor proceedings . |
| 52 | You were going round the Earth in orbit — in a circle . ’ |
| 53 | You and the Shuttle going round the Earth in the same orbit . |
| 54 | Meantime the moon is going round the earth and in the relative movements of the sun and the moon and the earth means that the moon does n't just go round . |
| 55 | Instead , I led him in by secret ways , going round the Hospital of St Katherine , past the Tower , to Custom House on the corner of Thames Street near the Woolquay . |
| 56 | We 're going round the corner to the egg man . |
| 57 | But you know d' you remember me going round the corner and seeing that erm |
| 58 | No , they 're going round the corner . |
| 59 | Actually I 've been I was sitting in the lounge today right and you know the situation there see his car going round the corner and stop and got out the car beaming at me , I said cor give him my old ! |
| 60 | He kept going round the corner . |