Example sentences of "round [adv] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She turned round slowly and looked Jake in the eye . |
| 2 | She looked round once and saw Adam stumbling after her with Liban , his face set in a wild , burning stare . |
| 3 | I turned round quickly and saw Greta Ross . |
| 4 | Corbett spun round quickly and stared at the cowled , shadowy figure before him . |
| 5 | They must count out three paces , turn round quickly and throw the contents of the cup over their opponent . |
| 6 | He said no I 've forgot about it sorry , no I completely forgot about it sorry I 'll bring it round later and give it , he posted it |
| 7 | Er it 's just a matter of swapping it round now and thinking about your own home and i like you mentioned , it 's not , if you are in you 're , you 're , you 're still likely to be , well not likely , you still could be er targeted and the burglar who just opens a door and reaches in and takes |
| 8 | Alice Conway almost jumped back into her kitchen as her daughter swung round now and yelled at her , ‘ It may surprise you to know that I was thinking about you and Father and this house , and the business downstairs . |
| 9 | The hand came round now and thumbed to a hook on the wall . |
| 10 | You ca n't blame John , he did n't want a job , he ca n't turn round now and say he 's got the wrong degree , he did n't want a job |
| 11 | It is no trouble now for Cecil Parkinson to turn round now and say ‘ okay , we 've made a mistake , let's have a public enquiry ’ . |
| 12 | You can come round now and have a game . |
| 13 | Everything became bitingly clear to me as soon as I saw him turn round sharply and stare at me . |
| 14 | She turned round sharply and addressed the secretary . |
| 15 | ’ She looked round wildly and saw Alice 's face , red and stupid with laughter . |
| 16 | The physiotherapists will come round and they come round regularly and exercise your muscles |
| 17 | Erm I 'm gon na come round tomorrow and bring |
| 18 | They sent him home from school or something , send him straight home from school and er , do n't know I suppose take him to hospital today and then , I assume they 've got to bring him home and he said oh no he said you have n't got to take me home he said cos the boy 's got to be from school , come round tomorrow and pick you up |
| 19 | May I come round tomorrow and see Will ? ’ |
| 20 | The poor saps come round here and act like they 're his equals , and he plays with them . |
| 21 | So the bizzies come round here and bust me for possession . |
| 22 | Ca n't see a bleeding thing now sneak round here and listen to our conversation . |
| 23 | ‘ They were a lot richer than most people round here and had more status . |
| 24 | ‘ If I did burgle Madge 's house , like you said , then I would n't come round here and tell you about it , would I ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ But imagine Phil came round here and shouted at you , ’ he says . |
| 26 | Well , it began with just when I got me money each week , 'cos I had a job , a weekend job with me uncle and I 'd get me money and I 'd just go out and score , get a coupla bags or something and then me mates 'd come round here and say , ‘ Can I do a smoke in here ? ’ , y'know , and so they would and they 'd give me a smoke for coming in here and eventually it started getting , like , from weeks , from weekends to days , becoming every day , like . |
| 27 | Mind you I expect people could come round here and say |
| 28 | So I turned round then and said right said to Sharan I 'll drop you off at the house and I said when she 's ready I 'll walk up to the shop . |
| 29 | So he sat down again and listened to the story of the Damianis , of their life in Jaffa and of how they fled in 1948 , how David Damiani stood on the stern of the ship off Jaffa port and wished he could have turned round then and gone back to his home . |
| 30 | She whirled round then and left the room , banging the door behind her , ignoring his cry of her name . |