Example sentences of "[adv] round [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the reserves winning 2-1 at Falkirk to stay top of the Premier Reserve League , it was a good day all round for Hearts , though one disappointment for chairman Wallace Mercer was that the game at Tynecastle was watched by just over 7,000 . |
| 2 | It was worse all round for people with kids : they ca n't back-answer anybody . |
| 3 | It was a miserable day all round for Gloucestershire , in fact . |
| 4 | Red faces all round at Chase Manhattan following a foray into London 's docklands in search of new offices . |
| 5 | Bit of a washout all round at school , really . |
| 6 | So , its all round to Gav or Kev 's for tea and cake before the match then ; - ) ) |
| 7 | A girl appeared in a black sloppy jumper , getting the last from a bottle of Squeezy , her hair up all round with wisps like a Victorian , like ( almost remembering , grabbing squirts it away ) my Ma … ( now I see her ) before she went ( now I do n't ) … away . |
| 8 | And travelling round Ireland , travelling round Ireland all all round it , Cork all round with slates from here . |
| 9 | Those who did achieve such distinction , however , reflected glory on both school and teachers , and the English mistress at once saw how to gain advantages all round from Victoria 's unhappiness . |
| 10 | It was variously known as ‘ The Cage ’ or ‘ The Goldfish Bowl ’ , on account of its having windows all round from waist height to the ceiling . |
| 11 | We had a good field of fire all round in case the enemy came out of the sunken road or over the hedge . |
| 12 | Neck very short : legs short , legs and toes feathered in front ( all round in Pallas 's Sandgrouse ) . |
| 13 | The hotel gave her a shock ; he had n't thought to explain the state of siege , the barbed wire fence all round like Colditz and the lights . |
| 14 | Cos they live down round near Tina 's but not like Tina 's house , before that off Allard Avenue round the back of Allard Avenue . |
| 15 | I peeled off my clothes and took a long shower — it would be a long time before I took a bath again , and certainly not round at Sunil 's — and treated myself to a proper shave with hot water and a razor . |
| 16 | There was no sort of law against erm employing people without a certain amount of rest and erm that was employed , er that was occupied that office from first thing in the morning when the bus went out from five o'clock and erm he would , the depot clerk would go off round about dinner time , there 'd be his relief who came on at nine o'clock and worked with him until dinner time and he 'd carry on till five and then we had , what was called , the cashiers come on duty then , there was a cashier and erm a hand . |
| 17 | I ran off round to Marie 's and we shared out the Cadbury 's bar and then we went and played ball against Julie 's house . |
| 18 | Stuart jumped out and pattered plumply round to Gillian 's door . |
| 19 | Mind you got short that was a killer up round by place . |
| 20 | Hairy tweed coat and skirt , and a woolly hat over thick white hair , cut straight round at ear length , with a fringe . |
| 21 | I then retraced my steps all the way back round to Crib Goch because the position of the sun allowed me renewed photo opportunities from its rim — a rim now 40 feet above me as I lay on a ledge . |
| 22 | At the end of the month I crept back round to John D.Wood to explain that the ninety pounds would not be forthcoming and they should feel free to place the property back on the market . |
| 23 | She jumped to her feet , looking wildly round for escape , but he stood directly between her and the door . |
| 24 | And then make a separate statement on swearing the policy that er a new settlement of approximately X dwellings will be er provided in relation to the Greater York area or even round of type of form of dwelling you think is appropriate . |
| 25 | We were almost round to Otters ' Bay now . |
| 26 | I went to change me poll tax and er I says to her , I says , I should be court to Monday oh she says you 've got a fifteen pound court thing , I says aye , she says oh well that 's fifteen pound , I says it 's not cos I 'm not paying it I says I 'm not paying the fifteen pound to the court , I says , I says how come last year I did n't pay right round to February last year I said and yet I , your last payment 's next month , you know , she said oh well they 're stricter this year she says , she , if you 'd pay the half year you 'd of been alright |
| 27 | I did two tours all the way round to the Gulf and right round to Aden which was very pleasant . |
| 28 | There were conflabs in the typing pool and that bossy Marianne going importantly round to areas she normally never trespassed in and June — had felt it was on account of her . |