Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] round [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later my father decided it would be useful and character-forming for me to know all the measurements as well as he did , so I had to sit for hours with the Measurement Book ( a huge loose-leaf thing with all the information on the little stickers carefully recorded according to room and category of object ) , or go round the house with a jotter , making my own notes . |
| 2 | After such rows , her mother would sometimes stay in her room for days on end or trail round the house like a blind stranger , oblivious to Katherine 's existence . |
| 3 | Within this encircling road , lie a series of superb brown trout and sea-trout lochs : Scadavay , with shores that meander round the moor for a distance of more than fifty miles ; full of fishy points and promontories , reputed to contain 365 islands . |
| 4 | Many suppliers have open days or roadshows that travel round the country . |
| 5 | One says the main problems are rival groups of casuals coming out of the discos and restaurants at about 4.30 , and the crowds that gather round the kebab shops . |
| 6 | Crows , like the ones that hover round the summit of Buchaille Etive Mor , could fly in a pyramid formation and play the trumpet and walkers would still look the other way . |
| 7 | Anyway , there may be some bigger chub in the undercut , content to lie there , feeding on the scraps that trundle round the bend . |
| 8 | In addition to the flabby growth and increased susceptibility to pests and disease that follows , the visible indications show out as brown patches which spread and coalesce round the leaf edges . |
| 9 | We were in New York , and came round a corner to find fifteen Father Christmases trying to decide whether or not to go on strike . |
| 10 | While you can buy a 50p leaflet and walk round the town yourself , looking for the small metal footsteps that have been placed in significant sites , it 's much more rewarding to go with one of the town 's Cadfael experts , like Esme Green . |
| 11 | As she walked down the wide stone steps to the ground floor her confusion was diverted by the sight of two men in their twenties , chatting together and keeping a watchful early evening eye over two three-year-olds playing hide and seek round the curve of the banisters . |
| 12 | I looked up in time to see him place his cap on his head and look round the kitchen , patting his pockets as he did so . |
| 13 | I still got a bit of coffee left after I finish eating the doughnut , so I sip it slow to make it last , and look round the caff . |
| 14 | Now they plan to take a year off and travel round the world , like their friend Nick Blunden , who 's come home from his travels , unloading a sackful of memories . |
| 15 | I went out into the fresh damp morning , walking quickly to keep warm and get round the island before any rain started . |
| 16 | Beaverbrooks also offer a special range of wedding rings , in a variety of shapes to complement and fit round an engagement ring . |
| 17 | One of their ideas is to put a band on a lorry and drive round the block at lunch-time belting out the old traddies — the stuff you play . |
| 18 | To make a pattern , mask half of the arch with paper and draw round the outline . |
| 19 | His younger sister remembered that suddenly he might leave the table with a wild mad look on his face and rush round the garden . |
| 20 | Just to be on the safe side we had a long rope attached to the raft and tied round a tree on the bank so that if the Indians lost control the rope would pull it to a stop . |
| 21 | So then I was able to put in drops of blood and nasty black and white pictures and get rid of the Paisley patterns and bindweed round the edge of pages everywhere . ’ |
| 22 | Dip the end of each cutting in a rooting powder ( even this is optional ) and insert round the edge of a 15cm ( 6in ) pot — or plant individually in 8–9cm ( 3–3½in ) pots . |
| 23 | Remove the pattern and trim round the outline . |
| 24 | Slipstitch the lining in place along the sides and continue round the hemline for approximately 2.5cm ( 1in ) . |
| 25 | They will then start all over again and go round the cockpit a second or even a third time . |
| 26 | If the film was , say , Old Mother Riley Goes to Paris , you 'd have three of your doormen dressed up as Old Mother Riley , which was a very cheap costume to hire , and you 'd build an Eiffel Tower , put it on a barrow and go round the town during the busy shopping time . |
| 27 | In the wake of this success , Brown planned to buy a going concern and turn round a business that was trading badly . |
| 28 | Parallel to this education and close round the school , the life of the community goes on — the child plays and is expected to play a very full part in it ; fetching water and firewood , minding little brothers and sisters , running errands , buying and often selling in the market , performing religious duties at Koranic schools , catechist classes or in traditional preparation for circumcision and other initiation ceremonies , alongside all the watching , the imitation , the play , the chit-chat and the ‘ mucking about ’ which is part of growing up everywhere . |
| 29 | The birds are hungry and gather round the corpse to eat it . |
| 30 | ‘ I do n't know how you 're going to go dancing tonight after that , ’ Bedelia said , making some dandelion coffee and handing round a tin of gingerbread men she had baked for the jubilee . |