Example sentences of "went round [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As everyone feasted themselves Mum went round with the drink , pouring out gin and whisky or stout as they preferred , making sure to test them all as she did so , while Dad and Fred did the same with the ale . |
| 2 | Anna went round with the hat to these people also . |
| 3 | As she went round to the boot she saw the furtive movement in one of Mrs Aldiss 's bedroom windows . |
| 4 | Meredith rubbed reddened fingers together and went round to the boot to unload her wares . |
| 5 | We shut the place up early that evening and then all went round to the pub for a further celebration . |
| 6 | Most evenings now he was very cheerful and joked with her and played games with Oliver ; after they had gone to bed he usually went round to the pub to calm his nerves . |
| 7 | Yeah I left him one day , we went round to the pub I said do n't open that door there 's a match on fucking Ivy gets a phone call all the windows were put fucking in |
| 8 | The bar was full , I could see that through the saloon window and I went round to the yard at the rear . |
| 9 | As she went round to the back of the Post Office , she could hear Mrs Hollins and Rachel in the kitchen , giggling and chattering while they cooked their Sunday lunch . |
| 10 | Then he went round to the back and told the Brownie Guider who was sitting on a bench inside with the Brownies . |
| 11 | Encouraged by their neighbour 's cheeriness , Ellie and her brother went round to the back of her house and shyly waited to be let in . |
| 12 | Then she jumped out of the van and went round to the back to unload . |
| 13 | Then I went round to the gate , to listen there , in an agony of apprehension . |
| 14 | And , ignoring his servant 's muttered groans , Corbett went round to the priory church to Lady Amelia 's lodgings . |
| 15 | They both climbed down out of the truck and went round to the cab . |
| 16 | He went round to the stage door afterwards and asked the man on duty to send up his name . |
| 17 | He went round to the Observer where his girlfriend Stephanie Thompson worked and told her what had happened . |
| 18 | The wind went round to the east and freshened . |
| 19 | There was no answer to my knock so I went round to the side door facing the canal . |
| 20 | Burun went round to the side of the yurt and called the female slave he had seen working there . |
| 21 | P C and myself went round to the side of the bed and P C lifted up the bed with one hand carrying the gun in his other hand . |
| 22 | She strangled a sob and went round to the car park . |
| 23 | He sounded irritable , and whenever the bus stopped ( which it did frequently ) he went round to the front to talk to his mate . |
| 24 | ‘ And some time after you went round to the front of the house a woman was seen to go in . ’ |
| 25 | So he went round to the pool and noticed , at first , how the neat tables were littered with old newspapers and the ashtrays loaded with cigar ends . |
| 26 | Nevertheless , when she disappeared for a week without saying anything to Katrine who was her closest friend , Katrine went round to the flat a number of times , thinking she must be ill . |
| 27 | ‘ And as to how I found you — when you did n't answer the phone I went round to the flat . |
| 28 | We played late on the first day and I went round in the morning spotting the pin positions , trying to get a feel for the course so I could give the right information to Nick . |