Example sentences of "round at [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 He looked round at the rest of them .
2 Zen looked round at the floor of unfinished concrete littered with cement bags , lengths of wire , nails and lumps of wood , a lone glove .
3 As the ash dries hard it is dug out for sale for the construction industry , yet another habitat is created With the layers of rock compacted over millions of years , this soft ash forms perfect artificial gifts for burrowing animals like rabbits For this young fox , what better place to practise digging than a soft cliff of ash , watched nervously by potential lunch Another predator not necessarily fond of the ash , but very keen on the animals that it attracts , is the polecat ferret Once used by poachers many of these agile hunters are now wild and range freely over the rough ground near power stations in search of prey Round at the top of the ash are the nest borrows of one of Britain 's rarest bird , the sand martin the monitor of this power station has ensured special in there so the birds can find ideal nest sites .
4 But the van driver was already round at the back of his vehicle , unloading boxes .
5 And by the time we got there we could see a fire round at the back of the the crane pedestal which was in B module where most of the oil separation plant is .
6 How this reminds me of old times , ’ she sighed , looking round at the hall with its decorated stalls and paper chains and lanterns hanging from the rafters .
7 But Gran accepted it , patting her hand and then looking round at the clock as if to remind herself life had to go on .
8 George looked round at the acre upon acre of emptiness .
9 Loopy Lil stared round at the destruction with a look of hopelessness as though she did not understand how it had happened .
10 It was too early in the negotiating round at the time of writing to be confident about trends for the coming year , although most expectations for the 1–10MW bracket are that the new deals will merely take account of inflation .
11 His antics and those of his wife would have the environmental health officer round at the drop of a hat .
12 She said I should pay her more attention , I was always round at the Club with my drinking mates .
13 He turned round at the corner of Queen Charlotte 's Alley to look back .
14 He stared grimly round at the crowd of silent watchers .
15 Ruth had been to the shops or round at the flat of some girl child never previously mentioned .
16 I looked round at the picture of Bruce Lee , the travel poster of Malaysia my dad gave me , my certificate of merit for Grade Two Saxophone , my 320 computer discs , my colour picture of an iguana and the tattered remains of a portable snooker table we got when I was twelve .
17 So Lisa , it 's it 's going round at the moment with a mobile one , but after that it 'll be from the shop .
18 Staring at him , then round at the circle of concerned faces , she whispered , ‘ I do n't want there to be any trouble . ’
19 Wyn shook his head , then glanced round at the circle of villagers and the wailing old woman .
20 She could have hired a team of professionals to do the work , of course , but she 'd wanted to be able to look round at the end of it all and know she 'd done it .
21 But he had swung round at the sound of a vehicle approaching .
22 So did he , turning round at the sound of my entrance .
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