Example sentences of "round to the [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I went straight round to the Brigadier 's house and rang . |
| 2 | Magee raised an arm to stop it , walking round to the driver 's side . |
| 3 | The Land Rover engine rumbled on as she walked round to the driver 's door and waited for him to look at her . |
| 4 | Courteously seating her inside the car first , he walked round to the driver 's side , and when he had settled himself behind the wheel asked unexpectedly , ‘ Have you visited one of our pubs yet ? ’ |
| 5 | Wrenching up the boot , she waited for him to put the suitcase inside , then , still hugging Gwen Bear , walked round to the driver 's side and climbed in . |
| 6 | A better piece of news for the Government yesterday came from Brussels , where there were indications that German and Spanish EC finance ministers were gradually swinging round to the Government 's view that the social chapter would lose jobs rather than protect them . |
| 7 | The supplicant scampered round to the chairman 's better side , and said , more loudly than he perhaps intended , the microphone picking up his words quite clearly , ‘ Say no to the bugger . ’ |
| 8 | Ken Corduroy drove round to the Harrisons ' with an ingenious pool-cleaning device , a mechanical object that swam round scrubbing at the walls , he had ordered for them from England . |
| 9 | In the interests of discretion , he waited until nearly twelve-thirty before creeping round to the ladies ' corridor . |
| 10 | In some contexts , and particularly where the document to be served originated abroad , an informal mode of service is used ; typically the document is passed to a local police station , and is either taken round to the defendant 's address or the defendant is invited to call in to collect it . |
| 11 | Nonindividualistic conceptions are likely to be among the expensive tastes since their realization depends on the cooperation of others , and they will take some convincing to come round to the agent 's point of view . |
| 12 | I am sure that if I had been his secretary for a fortnight I should have wanted to poison him , not marry him … yes , I should have run round to the chemist 's for threepennyworth of poison after a very short time . |
| 13 | That fact that it was over was all there in his formal goodbye when he came round to the passenger 's side and stood on the pavement with her , and , ‘ Na shledanou , Fabia , ’ he wished her . |
| 14 | As was proved when , without replying to her question about the interview , he left the driver 's seat and came round to the passenger 's door . |
| 15 | Relatives call round to the Starke 's Halewood home for a traditional Sunday roast and then it 's time to plough through a big bundle of Sunday newspapers before a late afternoon nap . |