Example sentences of "[verb] round at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lady Macduff looks round at the sparkling |
| 2 | He glances round at the seventeen people — who are they ? : students ? , support-workers ? , staff ? — squeezed around the two tables . |
| 3 | And he was extremely annoyed that evening when he came round at the interval . |
| 4 | Vic inquires , looking round at the kitchen surfaces already cluttered with numerous electrical appliances — toaster , kettle , coffee-maker , food-processor , electric wok , chip-fryer , waffle-maker … |
| 5 | I made a mug of decaf and sat looking round at the crumbling plaster ceiling , the curdled paintwork , the tatty carpet and the flophouse furnishings . |
| 6 | " I 'm sure you do , " said Cowslip , looking round at the mudstained , bedraggled rabbits with an air of being too polite to comment . |
| 7 | But Gran accepted it , patting her hand and then looking round at the clock as if to remind herself life had to go on . |
| 8 | Looking round at the elegant dining room , waited on by the unobtrusive Friedrich , Peter Müller wondered what it would be like to live on such a scale , with so much money to make life as smooth as silk . |
| 9 | So she got up slowly from the floor , the last few sobs still springing unbidden up her throat , and without looking round at the disordered room once more , she picked up her lamp and went down to her bedroom to change . |
| 10 | How this reminds me of old times , ’ she sighed , looking round at the hall with its decorated stalls and paper chains and lanterns hanging from the rafters . |
| 11 | Looking round at the bare orderly room , the chairs pushed in beneath each desk , each typewriter shrouded in its plastic cover , I felt singularly bereft . |
| 12 | Cos er , Mark last week said er , he 'd been approached by a wedding to do a disco , he said well I ca n't it 's a Saturday , and then he said well , you know , where are you having the reception , said well we 're looking round at the moment . |
| 13 | We could spin round at the Lurgan turn-off if you 're furious , I could take you back to Moira ? ’ |
| 14 | He spins round at the third barrel . |
| 15 | So did he , turning round at the sound of my entrance . |
| 16 | He turned round at the corner of Queen Charlotte 's Alley to look back . |
| 17 | She could have hired a team of professionals to do the work , of course , but she 'd wanted to be able to look round at the end of it all and know she 'd done it . |
| 18 | Look , I was sorry about what happened round at the flat . |
| 19 | He was a great favourite with the London playgoers , and there were a lot of Falstaff jokes going round at the time . |
| 20 | So Lisa , it 's it 's going round at the moment with a mobile one , but after that it 'll be from the shop . |
| 21 | and then they say there 's a trip going round at the brewery , er you can either have the er twenty five minute trip or the , the forty minute trip , whichever you want , well of course everybody says the twenty five and then the rep always , it says oh well these fellas have been four times before so we stop in the bar and you can have what you want , spirits whatever you like and then the bucket comes out and it 's , it 's smashing |
| 22 | there 's plenty of colds going round at the moment . |
| 23 | And he glanced round at the still-insensible Liam and threw away the cigarette in disgust . |
| 24 | Donna glanced round at the other occupants of the room but they were all hunched over their chosen books , seated at the wooden desks . |
| 25 | He took a deep breath and glanced round at the giants . |
| 26 | He glanced round at the groups of people on the terrace , by the pool , strolling in the garden . |
| 27 | Claudia glanced round at the cream and green furnishings , noting the comfortable double bed before opening the other door . |
| 28 | She glanced round at the cats to see how much food would be needed . |
| 29 | Wyn shook his head , then glanced round at the circle of villagers and the wailing old woman . |
| 30 | I was dubious at first because since her illness Jennifer has become a very private person and I do n't think she would have liked all the hubbub over in the other section ; but here — ’ she glanced round at the softly decorated walls , the strategically placed water-colours and the subdued lighting ‘ — here , I think , could well be the answer . ’ |