Example sentences of "went the round [prep] " in BNC.

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1 But the stark reality of the Highland scene described reminds me of another idyllic circumstance that went the rounds about this time .
2 One thing I do remember was an occasion when the occupants of Hut 4 provided the whole camp , unwittingly , with a topic of conversation which went the rounds for at least a week .
3 His attitude to any form of authority was irreverent to say the least , and a story still went the rounds of how , at the age of fifteen , he won a sporting scholarship to a relatively new and very expensive boarding school .
4 The story about a whole bloodstained cupboard being removed from Belmodes to a police laboratory went the rounds with the speed of light , being especially well received at Teddy Touch 's outfit , marketing street clothes known as Touchline .
5 Knowing in his heart , while he telephoned the night porter at their London flat , and went the round of their friends , that she had made her choice .
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