Example sentences of "round [conj] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Can I just say from a practical point of view , primary classes are fairly static sort of places , you 've got the teacher in the class all day , and if they say well let's have a micro in our classroom today that can be done , whereas a secondary teacher tends to wander round the school with a load of books under one arm and a bag of equipment under the other arm , and they 've also got to carry a micro round or move a micro from one classroom to another — it 's physically difficult , so in practice the primary teachers seem to find it easier to fit in with micros . |
| 2 | The Admiral wheeled round and emitted a loud snort . |
| 3 | The bone was left in the sirloin , you just , just fold him round and put a skewer in him and tie him up , with the string round and another one over the top . |
| 4 | Now if he does come round and creates a nuisance |
| 5 | Alice turned round and saw a great crowd of people . |
| 6 | After a while his feet found a road , and he looked round and saw a house in the distance . |
| 7 | Fenella whipped round and saw a long and terrible shadow fall across the floor . |
| 8 | Apart from the GPR records , The Dog appeared on the much acclaimed ART EP with Kirk DeGiorgio and — ultimate accolade ! — released one on Detroit legend Carl Craig 's Planet E Label ( ‘ He just came round and had a chilli with us and we sorted it out ’ ) . |
| 9 | ‘ We could have come round and had a chat instead of having every foot patrol and Panda car in the bloody Met wandering around checking the numbers on every pigging black cab in town . |
| 10 | You could have just turned round and had a look . |
| 11 | Twist pony tail round and make a gap in the middle of the hair above band . |
| 12 | You could n't go round and swill a pail of water into him . |
| 13 | It 's trying to do the same work with the smaller amount of blood as it did with the full amount , ten pints perhaps reduced down to seven , got to keep pump , pump , pump , pump , pump , pump , pump , because that little bit of blood has got to get round and do a lot more work now , okay , so the blood 's rushing round and the heart is pushing faster because it 's having to , because it 's not enough of the , not so much pressure there , that 's why it feels weak , weak and fast , okay ? |
| 14 | The wee lad put his hand on my haunch , then he slid it round and took a firm grip of my trousers . |
| 15 | I reached round and got a good handful of his arse . |
| 16 | My brother does a paper round and delivers a hundred newspapers every morning |
| 17 | He turned round and directed a torrent of abuse at me . |
| 18 | And use the fifteen grand to its best image in the way that you feel then you can turn round and run a club so it can get people in . |
| 19 | I 'll be delighted to hear from British Gas as to how they can actually turn round and change a national agreement without having any formal discussions with the trade union side at any time at all . |
| 20 | Come round and have a look at it — you 'll see it 's a beautiful job . |
| 21 | yeah , come round and have a look if you want to , come and stand up here close if you want |
| 22 | thought I 'd better come round and have a chat . |
| 23 | Well unless they go round and have a look , they 're never gon na |
| 24 | Angel glanced round and gave a shout of warning . |
| 25 | I returned it , she slammed it back , I caught it neatly , spun round and delivered a deft backward glance over my left shoulder . |
| 26 | At one stage he turned the car round and rammed a following police car , nudging it aside . |
| 27 | And also mention that er this bloke came round and issued a offered er int , er intimidation and threats ! |
| 28 | Elaine pulled his face round and planted a wet , sticky mouth on his own . |
| 29 | A large dollop of thick porridge was placed before her , and a nun came round and poured a minute amount of milk over it . |
| 30 | In fact , I told him that when I got back from this holiday he must come round and have a meal . |