Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [pers pn] round the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Spice drew us round the world , showed us it was round , and led us to confront ourselves again . |
| 2 | A very light northerly wind wafted us round the moored yacht on which we had marooned the photographer . |
| 3 | Of the 62 yachts in her class , only the 12-metre Crusader led her round the course . |
| 4 | Another story — the charming Silford Hall tells of a happy visit which a little boy once paid to a country mansion , and how the kind housekeeper showed him round the picture gallery , and gave him a lovely dinner in the servants ' hall ; Crabbe had himself been that humble little boy . |
| 5 | As Carole 's hand felt gingerly for the light switch , her husband grabbed her round the waist and buried his face in her neck , making growling noises as he did so . |
| 6 | At the diversion , the policeman sent him round the block . |
| 7 | He walked across to the window , and producing a knife ran it round the paper sealing strip , then opened it . |
| 8 | The sow rattled the bars as the boar nosed her round the pen . |
| 9 | The prince 's personal press secretary Dickie Arbiter ferried them round the Queen 's estate at Sandringham , Norfolk , so they could film the photographers snapping the royal shooting party from a public road . |
| 10 | So I did — and all of a sudden a man with a gun grabbed me round the neck and dragged me off . |