Example sentences of "[vb infin] round [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | Pop had bought a large inflated life jacket for me to wear in case of our ship being sunk , in which case you were all to hold on to the cords round my waist , and he would swim round and act as a watchdog ! |
2 | And Shelley lay back that night , watching the fan sway round and round above her , and wishing that Rosie 's certainty had n't been quite so fervent . |
3 | We can just zip round and pick your stuff up . |
4 | ‘ I must ring round and … ’ |
5 | They might look round and smooth , but they 're mighty hard . |
6 | and then he 'll look round and |
7 | He does n't talk about birds that much he just sort of , now and again he 'll say shit and I 'll look round and I 'll see these like really cool legs going |
8 | When she hears me come into the room she does n't look round or say ‘ Hello ’ . |
9 | Do you wan na swap round and have that little one ? |
10 | ‘ Did he run round after his head was chopped off ? |
11 | Yes and the kids can drop round and see her from time to time . |
12 | Explain to him how you feel and chat to his parents , who may rally round and give you the support he refuses to give you . |
13 | And if things are going wrong at home , or with the boyfriend or the baby and a girl is really distraught , the others will rally round and make her coffee , take the baby and feed it , because they understand , and they feel for her . |
14 | When he 'd finished eating the spaghetti he 'd call round and see her . |
15 | I 'll call round and see her … it 's only just round the corner . |
16 | I would then climb on and ride round and round the yard , trying to keep the exactly the same course for each circuit for the whole of the morning . |
17 | He did n't swing round but , his thoughts seeming to direct him , he moved slowly , turning a full circle , and he gazed about him , his eyes stretched wide . |
18 | I 'll walk round and round Bristol till I find that boy . |
19 | So if , if he goes round after er school he can just walk round and see if he can get it . |
20 | Got ta go round once before you can buy . |
21 | But even when you go up you got ta go round once before you buy as well have n't you ? |
22 | Our Corinne do n't only go round when she got to . |
23 | But if you do n't tell them about things like banker 's order about the signature , particularly if two s two erm signatures are wanted on the cheque and the banker 's order , if the other guy 's not there you do n't go round until he 's available . |
24 | And you ca n't go you need n't go round until they 're both together . |
25 | Then I 'd just go round and round looking down on things — you know , like from a plane . |
26 | We 'll go round and see her . |
27 | It would be like taking London 's M25 or Washington 's beltway , in the hope of getting somewhere ; all you would do is go round and round in circles . |
28 | To do that would be an achievement because at present the unchartable wilderness of trees seemed as unstable a nowhere as a cloudless sky or as fields under a carpet of snow , a world in which they might go round and round , and from which they might never emerge , a world in which there was no point in going anywhere for the reason that there simply was … nowhere . |
29 | The see saw does n't go round and round |
30 | You 'd better go round and ask some of the other hunt subscribers . |