Example sentences of "[pers pn] come round [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I came round from the chloroform I was in bed . |
| 2 | ‘ When I came round after the operation I asked the doctors if they would let me have the screws . |
| 3 | When she came round after the anaesthetic the first thing she says to the nurse is , Well , was I or was n't I ? |
| 4 | ‘ By the way , I never did ask you — what made you come round to the cottage that night ? ’ |
| 5 | okay , round the base of your thumb , basically what we want to do is we want to clamp these fingers in so they ca n't come un unstuck , we want to push them together because she ca n't keep them shut like that , but the next thing is that you come round to the back where the little finger is , the next time you come round here , you 're gon na come round to about the first thumb joint okay and then you 're gon na go over the top okay and if you come round again the little thumb , by , by the little finger , you come round again to the thumb joint okay , come over the top again , round , we 're just making really like the figure of eight , but all the time we 're keeping off of this wrist here and I 'm keeping her fingers in , are you alright still ? |
| 6 | Once again , we come round to the payment of the annual subscription . |
| 7 | And er Oh and if he If the time of the the er tinkers that they came round , if they came round about the time of the the pig killing they would look for the piece of bacon . |
| 8 | You were let out four times a day for slop-out , when they came round with the trolley and collected the plates . |
| 9 | When they came round in the valley , they were entertained with every delightful variant of wine , women and song promised in the holy scriptures to those who would go to Paradise . |
| 10 | It , just before we set off they came round in the car and they had a loaf for me . |
| 11 | Did they come round with the mike ? |
| 12 | They come round at the interval and say , ‘ Was Ruby on for the first half ? ’ and I say , ‘ Yes . ’ |
| 13 | They come round in the morning |
| 14 | They walked out to his car together in a contented silence , and when they got there he came round to the passenger side to hold back the low tendrils of an overhanging jasmine vine so she could slide easily into the seat . |
| 15 | That fact that it was over was all there in his formal goodbye when he came round to the passenger 's side and stood on the pavement with her , and , ‘ Na shledanou , Fabia , ’ he wished her . |
| 16 | And he was extremely annoyed that evening when he came round at the interval . |
| 17 | and so he came round with the bread and he said I 'll let you have the recipe and I thought , so I am now |
| 18 | I had one night of that , and when he came round in the morning , I told him . |
| 19 | He said he felt no pain , apart from injections which he has never been fond of , and when he came round from the operation the first thing he asked for was the Ipswich football scores and a drink . |