Example sentences of "[vb past] round [to-vb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | At 10.00 pm the Corporal came round to check that we were all present and in bed before turning the lights out and leaving us to sleep . |
| 2 | ‘ I think you gave me one too , ’ I said , then , very gingerly , I straightened up and twisted round to see that Murder Cay was far behind us and well out of machine-gun range . |
| 3 | He turned round to find that Morpurgo had not moved . |
| 4 | Laidlaw stopped outside Room 4 , glanced round to see that nobody was about , then knocked twice . |
| 5 | He screamed some incoherent threat , and I honestly looked round to check that I was n't on a film set . |
| 6 | He spun round to see that a skeletal branch from one of the bushes beneath the hall window had been blown against the pane . |