Example sentences of "as [pron] [verb] round [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | … those countries which I could not visit in my proper person , I have so attentively read about , that as I turn round a globe I can almost fancy that I know the appearance and characters of the portions of the great world itself which lie mapped out under my eye , and observe all that is going forward on its surface . |
| 2 | As I walk round the croft I can feel a strange sensation in my stomach , a feeling not unlike fear , and I now know that she is dead . |
| 3 | I tend to paint very quickly , so the paint is always rather damp as I flit round the paper , putting a colour here and one there , and at first it all looks a bit of a jumble . |
| 4 | ALL RYE LIES BEFORE YOU as you sit round a grand , authentic scale model of this ancient town . |
| 5 | As you pass round the plant stem for the last time , turn the cord through between stem and stake and wrap the turns , pulling the cord tight to form a firm collar as shown in Figure 5 . |
| 6 | Trace the eras of fortification as you wander round the Roman ruins and enter the courtyard and rooms of the castle through the gatehouse . |
| 7 | But she almost turned and fled as she came round a corner and found herself face to face with Guido . |
| 8 | Now the water was chest-high — more than that as we struggled round a corner , to meet a great frothing wave . |
| 9 | I do n't want to be blown across the room in the first ten minutes so I hang back a little as we sit round the table with Anthony Hopkins and Campbell Scott to read the scene through and discuss it . |
| 10 | As we sit round the set , |
| 11 | New Zealand I hope to visit myself probably on my way home as we come round the Horn and thereby circumnavigate the globe ! ! ! |
| 12 | You get a sort of lighthouse flash from the headlights , as they swing round the curve there and out of sight . |
| 13 | The Marquee crowd — a muddle of college indie kids and rock fans in assorted Gunners chic — react with an equal mix of abandon and pose , the kids at the front looking like they 've got heads on springs as they crowd round the monitors . |
| 14 | Howard would like to put his arms about the whole team , as they crowd round the journal , smelling of shirts , and squeeze them all , and fuse them into one perfect corporate human being . |
| 15 | He shrugged , feeding the steering-wheel expertly through his hands as they roared round a corner . |
| 16 | ‘ Look around you , ’ Scathach hissed suddenly as they came round a curve in the river , riding slowly . |
| 17 | ‘ Look around you , ’ Scathach hissed suddenly as they came round a curve in the river , riding slowly . |
| 18 | As they came round a bend they met a lorry overtaking a tractor . |
| 19 | As they pass round the Polos and packs of Durex . |
| 20 | Waves ignore frontiers and time-zones as they echo round the world . |
| 21 | ‘ He 's a manager , your dad , is n't he ? ’ asked Jamie Shepherd a few minutes later as they bounced round a corner with the old van rattling as if it was going to shake itself to bits at any moment . |
| 22 | The Upside Down Catfish tend to nip one another as they swim round the tank — they 've only been in the tank for five days , so would the nipping be due to the fact that they 're still settling in ? |
| 23 | A thirteen year old boy has fallen through the window of his school bus as it went round a corner . |
| 24 | Coffin hung on to the side of the car door as it swerved round a cyclist . |
| 25 | The 31-year-old Scot skidded across the track into a fence after the back wheel of his Banco Yamaha broke away as he powered round a bend . |