Example sentences of "round at the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Culley looked round at the bare walls and smiled .
2 Donna glanced round at the other occupants of the room but they were all hunched over their chosen books , seated at the wooden desks .
3 It was seven and the night nurse had already begun her round at the other side of the house when he slipped downstairs .
4 He looked round at the other rabbits , who were all staring either at Bigwig or at himself .
5 He looked round at the other diners .
6 I came down when she called me and found him standing in the living-room with a look of distaste on his face as he looked round at the overflowing ash trays , the dirty grate , the pile of chair cushions tumbled in the middle of the floor .
7 She stood for a moment staring round at the flickering shadows thrown by the lone candle , the fire had died long since and the room was cold and suddenly lonely .
8 I made a mug of decaf and sat looking round at the crumbling plaster ceiling , the curdled paintwork , the tatty carpet and the flophouse furnishings .
9 Glancing round at the noisy throng , Ellie observed helpfully , ‘ I expect they find each other 's groups more interesting . ’
10 Looking round at the elegant dining room , waited on by the unobtrusive Friedrich , Peter Müller wondered what it would be like to live on such a scale , with so much money to make life as smooth as silk .
11 Then , slightly bemused , he lifted his head and stared round at the cheering crowd that had gathered in the doorway .
12 Panting , Ruth looked desperately round at the great host of Women .
13 I felt sure that if Mr Reed had lived he would have treated me kindly , and now , as I looked round at the dark furniture and the walls in shadow , I began to fear that his ghost might come back to punish his wife for not keeping her promise .
14 She paused outside the villa , and looked round at the dark hills against the starry sky .
15 He glances round at the seventeen people — who are they ? : students ? , support-workers ? , staff ? — squeezed around the two tables .
16 Glancing carefully round at the little groups of guests she saw that Ian had already claimed Joanna , but there was no sign of Robert .
17 So she got up slowly from the floor , the last few sobs still springing unbidden up her throat , and without looking round at the disordered room once more , she picked up her lamp and went down to her bedroom to change .
18 They do n't come round at the same time so you 're always out of phase and it always looks untidy .
19 He spins round at the third barrel .
20 I wondered , as I looked round at the massed ranks of chaps , young and old .
21 ‘ I was pleased , and I still am ! ’ she said , beaming round at the wooden gods .
22 It 's doing everything the wrong way round at the wrong time .
23 Mr Malik looked round at the assembled school .
24 Charles was handing round the silver tray of champagne , his smile one of pure pleasure and pride as he gazed round at the assembled family in the conservatory .
25 And he glanced round at the still-insensible Liam and threw away the cigarette in disgust .
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