Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] round [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The horses are walking round in a ring then . |
| 2 | A chasm separates us from the other side and now we are looking round for the bridge . ’ |
| 3 | I 've been wandering round for an hour swearing at everbody and everything . |
| 4 | Cos er , Mark last week said er , he 'd been approached by a wedding to do a disco , he said well I ca n't it 's a Saturday , and then he said well , you know , where are you having the reception , said well we 're looking round at the moment . |
| 5 | ‘ These stories have been going round for a long time , and they grow with the telling . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ You had better get yourself into the washhouse and clean yourself up , ’ she said , ‘ I am going round to the Post Office and let Sid Watkins know . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ We are going round to the stage door now , ’ she announced firmly . |
| 8 | Yeah you 're going on as if , you started off on the fact that you do n't think we 've got any fear of them cos their kids are running round on the street and now all of sudden you say we have because they 've got nuclear weapons you say . |
| 9 | ‘ Secondly , a number of acoustic players are coming round to the belief that the 12-fret configuration is the best for tone , which it is . |
| 10 | According today 's Scotland on Sunday Newspaper , Hearts and it 's Chairman Wallace Mercer are coming round to the idea of sharing a ground with Hibs on the site the council wants , at Ingleston . |
| 11 | At least a growing number of Tory MPs are coming round to the idea . |
| 12 | If suffering a ropey marriage automatically led to that sort of state of grace , half the women in the country would be walking round with an outsize halo above their head . |
| 13 | I do n't know what 's happening to me — I feel as if I 'm walking round in a dream . |
| 14 | David Puttnam will be going round with a quiet smile on his face for a few days . |
| 15 | I shall be going round with a notebook . |
| 16 | ‘ I sha n't have to talk to them because we 'll be running round in the fresh air and there 's no very formal placement for picnics . ’ |
| 17 | Even Mr Akers seemed slowly to be coming round to the sensible idea that IBM should be broken up . |
| 18 | Her Dutch cleaning lady would be coming round in the morning — let her do it , thought an exhausted Olga a few minutes later , as she shakily bathed her face under the cold tap ; Boyd could darn well pay her more housekeeping to cover the extra hours of work . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm coming round to the idea . ’ |
| 20 | We have established the assassin had been tramping round in the snow , yet Lady Beatrice and Rachel are wearing the same clothes as they were this morning and , as far as I know , never left the house . ’ |
| 21 | They were flapping round on the |
| 22 | Fearful anticipation had proved somewhat worse than the event , and most Viennese were coming round to the opinion that , whatever the failings of Napoleon 's men , they were at least an improvement upon the Hapsburgs ' Russian allies , whom everyone loathed . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Hey hey I say all these kids are doing is walking round with a bloody turnip with a candle in it . |
| 25 | DANNY MEDDINGS continued his run of form with a surprisingly easy victory over Welsh No 1 , Adrian Davies , in last night 's opening round of the Daily Express British Players ' Championship at Cheshunt , Hertfordshire , writes Elspeth Burnside . |
| 26 | he 's walking round like a lost soul |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | He goes out to work , that means he 's going round to the various houses and |
| 29 | So Lisa , it 's it 's going round at the moment with a mobile one , but after that it 'll be from the shop . |
| 30 | That 's because it 's going round in a circle — like the Shuttle , and me on my space walk . |