Example sentences of "[vb base] round the [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 've only just flipped off the radio when two tons of suede appear round the side of the building . |
| 2 | A walk round the streets of Coalbrookdale and its former satellites — Ironbridge ( q.v . ) , |
| 3 | As she walked down the wide stone steps to the ground floor her confusion was diverted by the sight of two men in their twenties , chatting together and keeping a watchful early evening eye over two three-year-olds playing hide and seek round the curve of the banisters . |
| 4 | I go upstairs and softly look round the door of my son 's bedroom . |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | Dip the end of each cutting in a rooting powder ( even this is optional ) and insert round the edge of a 15cm ( 6in ) pot — or plant individually in 8–9cm ( 3–3½in ) pots . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It is these people and the religious helpers who go round the streets of our own town preaching their faith to help others , who are the real heroes . |
| 9 | With the bolt in the hole , bring up the second part of the joint , and mark round the circumference of the bolt . |
| 10 | In one of Europe 's sickest countries — Scotland 's heart disease and cancer rates cluster round the top of the league tables — Glasgow 's health record remains among the worst . |
| 11 | Physically and emotionally exhausted groups of people sit round the bed of the ill person feeling quite unable to leave even though they may have children at home or jobs to go to or a multitude of other functions . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | It 's to remind us that we sweep down from the upper world , slide round the bottom of the circle , and sweep up again , no trouble , if we have any sense . " |
| 15 | People would get up , go to the opposite end of the room , jig about , go back to their seat ( or , better still , someone else 's ) , get up again and jog round the perimeter of the hall . |