Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] round [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thom 's research centred round a method of calculation of flow problems , using a process of continuous approximation to final values of quantities at the intersections of a square grid covering the field of study . |
| 2 | The car swung round a corner into the dusty main road . |
| 3 | This was done by asking them to report the position of a dot moving round an oscilloscope screen at the moment of the experience . |
| 4 | Every time the car went round a corner you had to turn the whole radio round to face a different way That was the only way you could get half-decent reception . |
| 5 | At last Finnan stopped before a high stone house that had as its sign a serpent twisted round a staff . |
| 6 | When a four-wheel vehicle goes round a corner , the sum of the rotations of the rear wheels is different from the sum of the rotations of the front wheels . |
| 7 | Combwich ( pronounced ‘ Cumidge ’ ) is a quiet , picturesque community clustered round a bend in the River Parrett as it meanders on its way from the sea to Bridgwater Docks . |
| 8 | Mr Major yesterday held what was probably his last face-to-face meeting to win round a group of waverers . |
| 9 | The result has been the ultimate short-term short-life celluloid product , the generic mishmash hung round a gimmick . |
| 10 | Keeping the palace on your right continue round the square and turn right into the narrow Hroznová Street . |
| 11 | Another waiter brought round a trolley on which were a number of half-eaten gateaux decorated with a white substance , and some slices of hard apple resting in water , in a glass howl . |
| 12 | All the right ingredients are there — from the swirling mist and the pounding of horses ' hooves to the small group huddled round a table in the kitchen at Foulrice Farm . |
| 13 | On the roof of the next barge is a group huddled round a radio , cheering a football match in Kinshasa , five hundred miles downstream . |
| 14 | Even when the audience could n't see her because he 'd managed to move across and mask her , holding centre stage for himself , they could still hear that effortless , golden sound spinning round every prism of the crystal chandelier in the middle of the theatre . |
| 15 | She stared down at water foaming round a row of rocks which looked horribly like jagged teeth in some monster 's half-open mouth . |
| 16 | Cats bask on windowsills , children chase each other screaming round a corner , a man comes out of his house to mend his car . |
| 17 | We 've only just flipped off the radio when two tons of suede appear round the side of the building . |
| 18 | I ran upstairs , pausing by the back stairwell window to watch my father disappear round the dune before the bridge , ran up the stairs , got to the door to the study and twisted the handle briskly . |
| 19 | It 's best to overfill slightly , then when the filler has hardened , and it level with abrasive paper wrapped round a cork block . |
| 20 | With dowel joints , use abrasive paper wrapped round an pencil or similar object to clean out the dowel holes . |
| 21 | We are also arranging a litter pick round the centre of the village on Saturday 3rd April staring at 10.30 a.m. from the Mill Yard . |
| 22 | He gave her the rake and she went vigorously at the hay while he plaited a grass rope to put round a burden and heft it down to the byre . |
| 23 | The echoes came back in waves , like a pebble rolling round a box , and from the wood across the river came the clattering of wood-pigeons ' wings among the branches . |
| 24 | The cliffs closed in as the river swept round a bend , its waves slapping against vertical rocks . |
| 25 | Well the man travelled round the man travelled round with a pony , riding a pony and the stallion walking alongside you see . |
| 26 | The cry , shout or yell , in a variety of tones and accents , was within an hour echoing round a Kensington apartment , Scotland Yard , Whitehall , the Home Office , Downing Street , Grosvenor Square and the West Wing of the White House . |
| 27 | All the evidence suggests that she had her confessor wrapped around her little finger : while claiming the complete obedience appropriate to her spiritual supervisor she in fact got round every attempt he ever made to make her moderate her life style ; she persuaded him to confer his blessing and approval on her choices . |
| 28 | The van screeched round a bend at speed . |
| 29 | Without warning a big estate-car swung round a bend in the lane , its wheels throwing up a shower of mud and water . |
| 30 | They 're only statues — I know that — but they look really real , just like a real family sitting round a table just about to eat their Christmas lunch . |