Example sentences of "[adv prt] and round the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Conroy folded his cap into his pocket and started up the stairs , then pressed against the wall as footsteps clattered down and round the turn came Freddy Pepper himself , big ears and horn-rims that were his trademark , in tennis togs above which his ruddy make-up glowed . |
| 2 | That was gathering it in and if they were putting it into little into tramp coles I had to get up and tramp hay round and round the boss and er I did that . |
| 3 | There are few cars or jeepneys in Dapitan City — no Philippine traffic jams here — just taxi tricycles ( trishaws ) going round and round the plaza at a leisurely pace , looking for business . |
| 4 | The sun on its endless tour round and round the sky gives shadows and hues of infinite variety . |
| 5 | They formed a circle round him and he broke out of it into a gallop , tearing round and round the square in a high-spirited frenzy . |
| 6 | Remember how the stars go round and round the centre of their galaxy ? |
| 7 | A prolonged clap of thunder echoing round and round the building as though the Tower itself were the target of the storm 's fury imposed silence for a full minute . |
| 8 | By some freak of the acoustics his name seemed to echo round and round the chamber . |
| 9 | The pilot would then be required to taxi round and round the launcher , gradually increasing speed . |
| 10 | I would then climb on and ride round and round the yard , trying to keep the exactly the same course for each circuit for the whole of the morning . |
| 11 | Sirens shrieked and coloured beacons went round and round the way some of them do . |
| 12 | Children and colts , two of a kind , rushed round and round the field in exhilaration . |
| 13 | A whine spiralled round and round the hum . |
| 14 | Many less well-equipped ships would have gone through that interlink only at Firstlight speed , and then nervously — because of the horror tales of ships that slid through the wrong slots and were caught in endless loops round and round the interlink for centuries . |
| 15 | As the earth is going round and round the sun , we take the the overhead projector here as being the sun , the earth is erm actually no that 's not gon na work . |
| 16 | ( When Sinhalese thresh their paddy , pairs of buffaloes yoked together are walked round and round the threshing floor at night . |
| 17 | The city seems to stretch on and on — or is she going round and round the ring road in an endless loop ? |
| 18 | The Milton Keynes road system is so incomprehensible that you would be forced to spend the rest of your life driving round and round the ring road with a car full of nicked gear … |
| 19 | He also ordered a team of nomes to twist wire round and round the gates as well . |
| 20 | As one performs ‘ Round and round the garden like a teddy bear ’ or ‘ To market , to market to buy a fat pig ’ for the hundredth time , one may conclude that the period of enjoyment is much longer for children than for adults . |
| 21 | The laying of ghosts by moving ‘ Round and round the circle / Completing the charm ’ is like a rite rescued from ‘ The Hollow Men ’ , presumably in Eliot 's terms sanctified by the Christian connotations also present in the play . |
| 22 | He walked round and round the circle , singing a strange song . |
| 23 | ‘ And a-von and a-two and a-von and a-two and leeft ze back foot high and a-von and a-two , ’ said the ancient instructor as the geriatric circle slow-motion goose-stepped its way round and round the circle like an animated ( but not very ) roundabout . |
| 24 | Felix 's wife went on stoutly reading her poetry as if she were not shy , roaring to keep the beat against the Vietnamese and walking round and round the dining table in time with herself . |
| 25 | And people who liked to walk and talk walked round and round the perimeter track in endless identical circles . |
| 26 | Then Douglas sent his thousand horsemen to ride round and round the perimeter of the castle , on its slight mound , shouting . |
| 27 | And when she was tired , she still walked round and round the shops to find the cheapest food . |
| 28 | Burrow systems can be very complicated and some rabbits may never be cornered since they are able to move round and round the burrow systems — staying ahead of the ferret all the time and without the slightest inclination or pressure to leave the burrow . |
| 29 | She could n't eat , could n't concentrate on her work , could n't do anything except wander round and round the drawing-room , frightened to set foot outside the door in case she bumped straight into Julius . |
| 30 | The wolf walked round and round the bushes , with his angry yellow eyes and his long black tongue . |