Example sentences of "[vb -s] round and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ruari had the knack of plaiting leather ropes , and Ranald raised blisters on his hands cutting out long strips round and round cowhides . |
| 2 | ( He looks round and sees he is alone . ) |
| 3 | But Rachel spins round and mimes furiously that I 'm not to get involved . |
| 4 | Knowing that the carp will not have as much energy as when I first hooked it , I pile on the pressure in no uncertain terms , and the fish swings round and immediately makes for the same lily bed it took refuge in previously . |
| 5 | It 's all flowing round , it all starts off here , it all gets round and gets back again , the battery 's like a pump , pumping it all round . |
| 6 | You may be at home when someone calls round and leaves their children with you ; you want to do your own thing but do n't feel you can say ‘ No ’ , so you say ‘ Yes ’ . |
| 7 | Er , you get ready and yo by quarter to seven the head lad see goes and walks round and he says , oh eh okay , come on , get a move on we wan na be out . |
| 8 | He moves round and keeps an eye . |
| 9 | She turns round and a white sheet flaps , a white sail sails , a white wraith passes silently in front of her eyes . |
| 10 | The window 's shut and he turns round and looks at me . |
| 11 | Then I imagine she turns round and I lean over and kiss her on the mouth . |
| 12 | A big van pulls up and they stick their stuff inside and get in , but just before they go , the man with the fog horn thing turns round and says all friendly like , ‘ Happy Christmas ’ . |
| 13 | While its hindquarters are towards you there is no real danger , but if it turns round and you can see its head you can bet that a bid to escape is pending . |
| 14 | The shark turns round and the reply comes back ‘ It 's one o'clock . ’ |
| 15 | Queenie then turns round and has to try and identify who is hiding the ball . |
| 16 | I have offered the fish some of his favourite food ( trout ) but he just ‘ feels ’ it and then turns round and ignores it . |
| 17 | And Lord 'Awke , the captain — well , 'e was a lord as was n't drunk as a … anyways , 'e turns round and says , ‘ Peel , yer orft . ’ |
| 18 | Turns round and looks as if a bus had hit it . |
| 19 | But when — suddenly — for no apparent reason your twin rejects the offer of marriage from the man you always believed she loved , and whom you always loved yourself ; when she turns round and says you can marry him yourself if you feel that strongly about him … suddenly your world is upside down . |
| 20 | The most surprising thing is if somebody turns round and asks you , like they did last year , ‘ Why is the sky blue ? ’ and a thing a lot of people do n't even think of , you end up being able to explain — I think that 's the appeal of it . |
| 21 | Then the orderly beats him over the head , pumps a couple of .38 's into Mahoney with a silenced gun , turns round and walks out . |
| 22 | As soon as the young caterpillar is free from its egg , it turns round and eats the shell , which is thought to contain valuable nutrients . |
| 23 | somebody else up you 've got a massive accent , but then turns round and says , Well so have you . |
| 24 | He organizes the place , he recruits members , he 's run off his feet and the employer turns round and says , we can not have this here , this lad 's too good , get him out , sack him . |
| 25 | She probably had a real great impression of herself right she did and then when she turns round and we said well I 'm sorry and said well sorry no got a bloody big shock , gave her a shock to the system and to be quite honest what I 've seen of her since then has been a darn sight more er spruced up and a bit more on the bloody ball than she was before |
| 26 | They are threatened because the hunt turns round and uses its power over its tenants to force people to withdraw their , their . |
| 27 | Apparently one of the the little erm boys she say , he wets himself all the time , and she turns round and she goes , he goes to er , ha ha , he started himself , and you have to change all his clothes , like that and she said |
| 28 | The other one turns round and says : ‘ Oi ! |
| 29 | The other one turns round and says : ‘ Oi ! |
| 30 | but , but , you know if say well look , you know , we could do with twenty five and he turns round and he might say well you know , yo he might say no |