Example sentences of "went the round " in BNC.
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| 1 | Talk of more profit upgradings and lucrative sales of bits and pieces of Ward White Group went the rounds . |
| 2 | One thing I do remember was an occasion when the occupants of Hut 4 provided the whole camp , unwittingly , with a topic of conversation which went the rounds for at least a week . |
| 3 | The dale rocked with mirth for days as the story went the rounds and will probably be retold for another generation to come . |
| 4 | Jokes about their own plight and sarcasms aimed at ‘ Them ’ at the top went the rounds as the standard of living fell steadily throughout Romania in the 1980s . |
| 5 | His attitude to any form of authority was irreverent to say the least , and a story still went the rounds of how , at the age of fifteen , he won a sporting scholarship to a relatively new and very expensive boarding school . |
| 6 | But the stark reality of the Highland scene described reminds me of another idyllic circumstance that went the rounds about this time . |
| 7 | The story about a whole bloodstained cupboard being removed from Belmodes to a police laboratory went the rounds with the speed of light , being especially well received at Teddy Touch 's outfit , marketing street clothes known as Touchline . |
| 8 | Knowing in his heart , while he telephoned the night porter at their London flat , and went the round of their friends , that she had made her choice . |