Example sentences of "they [vb mod] [verb] round [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of them used to walk round with me up at the market pointing out his bullocks : ‘ These four belong to the policeman ; these four I bought off the publican ; these belong to the baker . ’ |
| 2 | They may potter round at about £70,000 or £80,000 , then a sudden large donation takes the income up to £140,000 . |
| 3 | They may turn round to you for reassurance in the early stages . |
| 4 | ‘ I think the crowd appreciated the improvement in our performance , and they must rally round on Tuesday night again . ’ |
| 5 | As it is , they 'll go round with a wicked twinkle in their eyes , and say : ‘ I do think he has some of the verve , some of the sparkle of Walter Machin , do n't you , Alfred ? |
| 6 | they 'll come round on his indicator |
| 7 | ‘ They 'll come round to it , sir . |
| 8 | Or , they 'll turn round , if the money 's , if the money is big enough , they 'll turn round to anybody who works for us and say , d' ya wan na join us ? |
| 9 | In time , probably sooner than later , they 'll get round to you . |
| 10 | ‘ I guess they 'll get round to dragging it off to the junk yard , ’ said Billie , her arm linked through his as they made their way back towards the car . |
| 11 | ‘ Well , I suppose when they 'd finished saying bugger and blast and damn and kicking butter-fingers in the head they might get round to saying that , ’ said Lydia . |
| 12 | They used to go down to the clogger 's shop , which was at the bottom of the road where they lived , and he used to make toast , make a drink , and they used to sit round by the light of a candle , eating toast and drinking . |
| 13 | That 's right the tenth replacement depot in Lichfield and they used to come round to Walsall looking for absentees and deserters and they there was actually a shooting match in Street the MPs started firing the guns at these fellas who 'd gone absent without leave , and , but as I understand I remember at the time there was a lot of racism in America then and they , they picked these coloured fellas up and apparently the C O at Lichfield was very much a southern colonel and he was a racist and they used to chain these coloured guys up behind the trucks and make them walk all the way back to Lichfield behind the trucks driving the trucks at walking pace and I understand there was a , a salver , a commemorative salver in the Town Hall to be presented to him , and some an MP in the Council he were looking for this colonel , but as I understand he was court-martialled after the war for racism and so I do n't think he 'd be wanting , wanted to be connected with Walsall any more , so but this was |
| 14 | No , we bought them all secondhand well they used to come round with this , not secondhand stuff but all new stuff and he used to go round the dock selling different er water boot socks and sweaters and he dealer . |
| 15 | They used to come round with cheap stuff , getting rid of their rubbish . |
| 16 | Nineteen fifty one , we moved in , er and , I 've had , you 're not the first person to come all round here , this house , they used , they used to come round in shows from the Corporation all visitors used to come , they used to say , right Jean can we bring them round we 've had people from Germany and everywhere and being in the architect 's department I fell for all this you know I had |