Example sentences of "round [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A paper round or weekend job does n't pay enough . |
| 2 | She could not turn round or lie down . |
| 3 | Refit with new spring If this does n't cure the problem , then it may be the remote filter connected the wrong way round or too thin pipes to the remote filter Failing these it could just be a ‘ tired ’ engine |
| 4 | The stones are sometimes said to turn round or dance before going down to the local stream or lake to drink . |
| 5 | The l.e.d. 's must be connected the correct way round or they will not work — the shorter lead denotes the cathode ( k ) end . |
| 6 | Sushi — raw fish wrapped round or over vinegared rice , with or without seaweed — is probably the healthiest , lowest-caloried dish you will find in any restaurant , ethnic or otherwise . |
| 7 | What we are now has much to do with the way we have steered round or even collided with the obstacles of our lives . |
| 8 | One system of universal interpretation sees a phallus in every elongated object and a vagina or womb in everything round or circular . |
| 9 | And Unigram 's generally reliable sources reiterated their claims that USL did indeed talk to the Santa Cruz Operation about acquisition ( UX No 396 ) , and now add that USL ca n't possibly decide what to do about SCO until after it knows whether USL itself is going public , going for another investment round or going to get acquired . |
| 10 | My ward is Braintree East and the only person who came round or dropped any literature in was Mr Elwyn Bishop for the Labour Party . |
| 11 | What you were saying about approachability of lecturers , I 'm not afraid to ask for help , but I am reticent to ask for help more than once on the same thing , because I would hate them to think that I had n't been listening first time round or that I was stupid . |
| 12 | ( of varying degrees of professionalism and quality ) offering courses in EFL either year round or just in the summer months . |
| 13 | No-one supposes that because volunteers help out in the pathology laboratory , or carry tea round or give blood , the patients will feel stigmatised . |
| 14 | Draw round or trace the shape on to the card and cut it out . |
| 15 | She could feel her mother 's presence behind her but she refused to turn round or even to raise her head . |
| 16 | Science has held out the promise of giving the answer to ‘ life , the universe and everything ’ ever since ancient Greeks like Aristotle pondered on whether the earth was round or flat . |
| 17 | Children who were at least 6 months old entered the trials at the first dosing round or at a subsequent round and left at the last dosing round , or when they moved out of the study area , died , or were withdrawn from the trial . |
| 18 | When she hears me come into the room she does n't look round or say ‘ Hello ’ . |
| 19 | I think you still , I 'm not sure whether they 've changed the law round or not cos they |
| 20 | We co we 've tried to pull , but if you pull all the , swap the the leads round or shove the brush leads round which is the obvious thing to do in that case , you know , er in that no they 're successfully sparking excessively . |
| 21 | and yet when it , in er , when say comes round or I 'll go round you do n't look at all that much alike |
| 22 | Cos you know she usually do if I have n't been round for a while she 'll say oh what 's the matter , have I done something wrong or why you have n't been round or Perhaps she thinks well it 's too far to come . |
| 23 | And the tines on a muck crome are flat , whereas the ones on an ordinary one for all the work were either round or square . |
| 24 | Have n't I go to go back round or not ? |
| 25 | Er and indeed er a a triangle or a curve was put in near to er bring to bring trains or enable trains to er er to turn round or go round and face Nottingham or come from Nottingham from yard , and so on . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Now he 's got his arm round where my waist used to be . |
| 28 | story written by CD for ‘ Mugby Junction ’ , the 1866 Christmas Number of All the Year Round where it appears as ‘ No. 1 Branch Line . |
| 29 | Then there was trouble in Netherfield Road , round where the Orange bands were . |
| 30 | The people round where we live never talk -about it . |