Example sentences of "round at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On one occasion I was round at a neighbour 's house and despite my warnings that it could get rather messy , they insisted that I show them how Dawn fed . |
| 2 | It is a replacement , we were losing that money erm because the , the water meter was going round at a pound an hour . |
| 3 | He looked round at the rest of them . |
| 4 | Athelstan stared round at the rest , mumbling quietly like people who wanted to maintain appearances though he sensed their tension . |
| 5 | Zen looked round at the floor of unfinished concrete littered with cement bags , lengths of wire , nails and lumps of wood , a lone glove . |
| 6 | The old woman looked round at the child and smiled , suddenly touched . |
| 7 | It 's all the the sycophants used to hang round at the school gate |
| 8 | As the ash dries hard it is dug out for sale for the construction industry , yet another habitat is created With the layers of rock compacted over millions of years , this soft ash forms perfect artificial gifts for burrowing animals like rabbits For this young fox , what better place to practise digging than a soft cliff of ash , watched nervously by potential lunch Another predator not necessarily fond of the ash , but very keen on the animals that it attracts , is the polecat ferret Once used by poachers many of these agile hunters are now wild and range freely over the rough ground near power stations in search of prey Round at the top of the ash are the nest borrows of one of Britain 's rarest bird , the sand martin the monitor of this power station has ensured special in there so the birds can find ideal nest sites . |
| 9 | Stephen finished fifth overall in last year 's championship and although he won this round at the circuit last year , he will face tough competition from the mainland entrants . |
| 10 | Claudia glanced round at the cream and green furnishings , noting the comfortable double bed before opening the other door . |
| 11 | Vic inquires , looking round at the kitchen surfaces already cluttered with numerous electrical appliances — toaster , kettle , coffee-maker , food-processor , electric wok , chip-fryer , waffle-maker … |
| 12 | It was locked up somewhere round at the back . |
| 13 | For form 's sake , when I reached the house , I tried the french windows , then , round at the back , the door . |
| 14 | But the van driver was already round at the back of his vehicle , unloading boxes . |
| 15 | And by the time we got there we could see a fire round at the back of the the crane pedestal which was in B module where most of the oil separation plant is . |
| 16 | well if they ring up tomorrow , erm one bloke says he might ring up tomorrow , one said she 'll , she 'll come round at the weekend and another bloke said |
| 17 | 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 |
| 18 | Willie hung on to Tom 's left trouser leg and peered gingerly round at the mare as they walked past it . |
| 19 | How this reminds me of old times , ’ she sighed , looking round at the hall with its decorated stalls and paper chains and lanterns hanging from the rafters . |
| 20 | Dalziel looked sharply round at the bar . |
| 21 | But Gran accepted it , patting her hand and then looking round at the clock as if to remind herself life had to go on . |
| 22 | Flora looked round at the village children swirling , screaming , across the green , like gulls round the ships of their mothers . |
| 23 | When I think of my past blunders here , I want to turn round at the airport and catch the next plane home . |
| 24 | George looked round at the acre upon acre of emptiness . |
| 25 | Loopy Lil stared round at the destruction with a look of hopelessness as though she did not understand how it had happened . |
| 26 | It was too early in the negotiating round at the time of writing to be confident about trends for the coming year , although most expectations for the 1–10MW bracket are that the new deals will merely take account of inflation . |
| 27 | He was a great favourite with the London playgoers , and there were a lot of Falstaff jokes going round at the time . |
| 28 | some of them being throttled round at the time . |
| 29 | His antics and those of his wife would have the environmental health officer round at the drop of a hat . |
| 30 | Let me see , the stables must be round at the side . ’ |