Example sentences of "[vb base] round the [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | One of their ideas is to put a band on a lorry and drive round the block at lunch-time belting out the old traddies — the stuff you play . |
| 4 | So then I was able to put in drops of blood and nasty black and white pictures and get rid of the Paisley patterns and bindweed round the edge of pages everywhere . ’ |
| 5 | Celebration room — the room ( or space ) in which the catechists and sacred experience take place : where we gather round the Word of God and receive his message through symbol and example . |
| 6 | So when people gather round the manger with wonder and puzzlement , I 'm over in the corner looking at the cows . |
| 7 | I do n't want to be blown across the room in the first ten minutes so I hang back a little as we sit round the table with Anthony Hopkins and Campbell Scott to read the scene through and discuss it . |
| 8 | Crows , like the ones that hover round the summit of Buchaille Etive Mor , could fly in a pyramid formation and play the trumpet and walkers would still look the other way . |
| 9 | Dawn can be hectic during lambing ; the warmth of the day helps the new-born lamb survive its first few hours and staff work round the clock in case something goes wrong . |