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Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] round [prep] a " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	The horses are walking round in a ring then .
2	‘ These stories have been going round for a long time , and they grow with the telling . ’
3	I do n't know what 's happening to me — I feel as if I 'm walking round in a dream .
4	David Puttnam will be going round with a quiet smile on his face for a few days .
5	I shall be going round with a notebook .
6	The team were sitting round in a semi-circle when she was introduced to them — although no one gave her a chair , or at least one with her name on it .
7	Hey hey I say all these kids are doing is walking round with a bloody turnip with a candle in it .
8	he 's walking round like a lost soul
9	I think that 's , that 's pretty consistent , probably with how bands are formed , actually , is n't it , its friends of friends , and somebody knows somebody else , and somebody 's looking round for a drummer , just happens that somebody mentions it to somebody else .
10	That 's because it 's going round in a circle — like the Shuttle , and me on my space walk .
11	The string was walking round in a circle at the end of the gallops when Bill 's Audi drew up .
12	He was looking round with a vacant look on his face and I was frightened .
13	It is a replacement , we were losing that money erm because the , the water meter was going round at a pound an hour .
14	Oh Christ , there he was going round in a circle again .
15	And it 's seventy degrees out there in the winter , well I was going round in a T-shirt , they all thought I was mad .
16	Cathy when I was in hospital in er a physiotherapy bit , where they , where they brought children in , erm there was this little girl and like she was riding round on a little bike , you know , so she 's quite , quite old and she had er , in , in brace , but her legs were like out at the side and her feet were pointing down and they 're pointing up , I 'm just a bit confused .