Example sentences of "round the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyway , there may be some bigger chub in the undercut , content to lie there , feeding on the scraps that trundle round the bend . |
| 2 | I go round the bend just looking after kids all day . |
| 3 | You 're soon drive round the bend by slippery blocks that wo n't let you stand still on them , electrical blocks that can only be crossed when the current 's off , blocks that crumble when you stand on ‘ em , others with gaping holes which you must fix by flicking a switch before you can cross … |
| 4 | The time is now right to rally round the call for independence . |
| 5 | oh yes , but not in the ordinary er there was a huge place , where you could put tables all round the tables , you see , and , and er it was a and er I liked it , I , when they were busy , you see , I used to , especially if they had an order for these hundreds of cups of tea , er , you see , I used to go down and give a hand then , I used to like it , you see , somebody would give a shout and I would come down from the office and and left them anyway and then er I heard of this job . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Draw round the shape and cut out the pattern . |
| 8 | Otherwise , it rounds up the usual suspects : The Jaynettes ‘ Sally Go Round The Roses ’ , various dance songs and an impersonation of The Newbeats ' ‘ Bread And Butter ’ in ‘ Peaches ‘ N ’ Cream ’ . |
| 9 | Physically and emotionally exhausted groups of people sit round the bed of the ill person feeling quite unable to leave even though they may have children at home or jobs to go to or a multitude of other functions . |
| 10 | ‘ We walk round the building and they are introduced to any members of staff around . |
| 11 | The song ‘ Here we go round the mulberry bush ’ reflects this ( though an alternative theory holds that a mulberry tree was often planted in prison exercise yards , and inmates recited the rhyme as they walked round it ) . |
| 12 | Here we go round the mulberry bush |
| 13 | Here we go round the mulberry bush |
| 14 | Inside , the 'heads skip round the arena with bells on their ankles , and wave fluorescent plastic tubes in the air — but sadly , tonight the Grateful Dead never manage to make it past the mildly interesting stage . |
| 15 | Inside , the 'heads skip round the arena with bells on their ankles , and wave fluorescent plastic tubes in the air — but sadly , tonight the Grateful Dead never manage to make it past the mildly interesting stage . |
| 16 | That alone would have been worth the scramble round the cliff path . |
| 17 | The birds are hungry and gather round the corpse to eat it . |
| 18 | Ring round the experts and take some advice today . |
| 19 | Walk round the lake to the foot of the Cat Bells ridge ( 3.5 miles ) . |
| 20 | No , we go round the lake and get into Erik 's house from the back . |
| 21 | You make sure he ca n't be seen from the letter flap , which is covered by a sealed box , then you look round the hall . |
| 22 | I glance round the hall like I 've come to change the wallpaper , thirty years late . |
| 23 | She could recall that when she and Jessie were small he used to romp with them , crawl round the floor with them on his back . |
| 24 | Continue round the cloister , noting the chapels in the corners , especially the N chapel , with an altar dedicated to St Francis Seraphin with a painting by Brandl and sculptures by M. V. Jäckel of 1718 . |
| 25 | ‘ By 12.45 am restaurant time is over , so we look round the nightclubs . |
| 26 | If we walk round the towns and villages we will not find the acquisitiveness and competitiveness of modernity . |
| 27 | I shall be interested to discover whether that view is shared by the Labour spokesmen who trail round the country assuring training and enterprise councils of their support . |
| 28 | Accordingly , look out for College of Law courses which go round the country , and give good basic training and updates . |
| 29 | Many suppliers have open days or roadshows that travel round the country . |
| 30 | They get slightly drunk together , in a most agreeable way , and then wander round the West End , making jokes about the photographs outside the strip clubs . |