Example sentences of "[vb past] round to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was then that the wind changed round to the north-west and the first , and worst , of the storms hit the Flamingo . |
| 2 | It was only when he moved round to the side that he saw the blue , chapped ears and the hair , frozen and brittle , as if you could snap it off . |
| 3 | He was about to apologize , remembered the microphone , then moved round to the other side of the desk and sat down . |
| 4 | I stayed at the Cove watching cloud shadows racing across the great limestone cliffs until the sun moved round to the west when it was time to race the old ladies back to the village for the tea and scones of Beck Hall . |
| 5 | I moved round to the other windows , but I could not see her in any of the rooms . |
| 6 | Laura moved round to the side of the kiln — it was a roughly built cube of fire-bricks the colour of pale sand , with a bricked-up Norman door-arch on one side and a narrow throat at the rear which led to a tall , cast-iron stovepipe wired for support to the studio wall and a bough of a late-flowering cherry tree across the yard . |
| 7 | He moved round to the front of the stall , pulling McAllister with him . |
| 8 | Satisfied that his aim was correct he moved round to the side of the golf-bag . |
| 9 | At the dinner the topic of conversation came round to a discussion of how historically interesting it would have been if people living in Saxon or medieval England had produced scale models of houses built in those days . |
| 10 | He stepped back onto the concrete and came round to the front of the building where the flowering cherries were just coming into bud on the lawn . |
| 11 | Entering the competition was entirely Barbara 's idea and when the phone call came through to say they 'd won , Betty was quite shocked to discover that she , too , was going to London to have a makeover — but she soon came round to the idea ! |
| 12 | ‘ Chap came round to the Palladium one night , said we could be in it if we liked , only there was no money , just publicity . |
| 13 | As Duncan opened the back door to put his suitcase in , Myeloski came round to the passenger side of the car . |
| 14 | They walked out to his car together in a contented silence , and when they got there he came round to the passenger side to hold back the low tendrils of an overhanging jasmine vine so she could slide easily into the seat . |
| 15 | Theodora circled the house in the direction of the arrow and came round to the back door . |
| 16 | That fact that it was over was all there in his formal goodbye when he came round to the passenger 's side and stood on the pavement with her , and , ‘ Na shledanou , Fabia , ’ he wished her . |
| 17 | As was proved when , without replying to her question about the interview , he left the driver 's seat and came round to the passenger 's door . |
| 18 | Er , just this this woman came round to the door last night and said well er , you know the in bi English Dictionary ? |
| 19 | Subsequently he changed his mind , possibly in relation to pressure from outside , possibly in an attempt to make psychoanalysis more acceptable , possibly because he could n't come to terms with the fact himself and he then came round to the point of view that these were fantasised seductions as he called them . |
| 20 | At midday , Mr Gooden cycled round to the playgroup with lunch hauled behind on a trailer . |
| 21 | When Dyson was hidden beneath the bonnet again Bob tiptoed round to the boot and eased it open . |
| 22 | Instead of returning through the back entrance of the house , though , she strolled round to the front . |
| 23 | Ken Corduroy drove round to the Harrisons ' with an ingenious pool-cleaning device , a mechanical object that swam round scrubbing at the walls , he had ordered for them from England . |
| 24 | We will have words for you in a minute , ’ and he turned round to the crowd . |
| 25 | Oh I do n't , I just , I remember that er if you walked down er Road at night you 'd see him with his mortar board on and his curate by his side coming down to post the letters , and then when all these ladies were in Sammy shop one night being entertained by Sammy erm Father and his curate went by , and old Sammy turned round to the audience and said well if dressing up will get him anywhere they 'll be on the first row in heaven . |
| 26 | Then he swivelled round to a side-table and started to write his report . |
| 27 | He swivelled round to the Environments Officer . |
| 28 | The one he selected , instantly burst into life and the propeller whizzed round to the utter amazement of all those working in the vicinity . |
| 29 | We stopped at a gap in the hedge as the road swung round to the left . |
| 30 | Then she swung round to the empty desk . |