Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] round [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not very easy to judge when you are two-thirds of the way through a turn , so turning round a buoy provides a good reference point . |
| 2 | But for people who do suffer head injuries like Mrs Asmoyah , it 's not uncommon for them to suddenly come round a week or even ten days later and be perfectly okay . |
| 3 | I just hang round the entrance and wait for her . |
| 4 | ‘ This is the time I normally ride round the hacienda . |
| 5 | You 're soon drive round the bend by slippery blocks that wo n't let you stand still on them , electrical blocks that can only be crossed when the current 's off , blocks that crumble when you stand on ‘ em , others with gaping holes which you must fix by flicking a switch before you can cross … |
| 6 | We just wonder round the estate . |
| 7 | Then he cried ‘ Daughter ! ’ to a girl just disappearing round a corner . |
| 8 | Every woggle-wearing youngster who 's ever sat round a campfire knows there are four ‘ goolis ’ in their favourite chorus , Ging Gang Goo . |
| 9 | No one ever walks round a traffic island . |
| 10 | ‘ Katherine , I spent yesterday ringing round a variety of schools in the New England region . ’ |
| 11 | But the essence remains the same : a Chief Leader has his team of leaders ; the young explorers are divided into 12-strong ‘ fires ’ — a notion of Murray Levick 's , who said he wanted only as many people as could decently sit round a campfire . |
| 12 | What we 'd like them to do is come clean sit round a table and talk about running it properly |
| 13 | Rob teases her by saying that she 'd rather go round a supermarket than climb a mountain , but there 's ‘ many a true word … ’ and all that . |
| 14 | I always used to relate this to the ghostly effect you sometimes get round a figure in a horror film . |
| 15 | Alternatively , you can start a discussion by asking someone just beyond the offender to speak first and then go round the meeting leaving him until last . |
| 16 | Remove the pins and iron again on the wrong side , then tack round the perimeter to secure the ribbon ends . |
| 17 | If you were sure there was no one at home , then creeping round a person 's house felt like trespass . |
| 18 | I go upstairs and softly look round the door of my son 's bedroom . |
| 19 | A point to note about technique is that when you actually go round the mark in strong winds the daggerboard should be retracted first then the mast track moved back in preparation for the reach . |