Example sentences of "round [adv] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Feldwebel sat in front with the driver , and the officer , who undid the flap of his holster and swivelled his belt round so that his automatic was more accessible , sat in the back with me . |
| 2 | She tried to slip free , but he moved round so that he could see her face more clearly . |
| 3 | Double-check you have got everything the right way round so that the artwork is not back to front , then close up the UV light box and switch on . |
| 4 | The thing I learnt was to turn conflict round so that it was n't a negative thing , it was a cool thing . ’ |
| 5 | Kleenex was handed round so that we could dry our hands and we settled together for coffee . |
| 6 | Sharpe twisted the map round so that it faced him . |
| 7 | ‘ Which way ? ’ he asked , when at last the engine spluttered into life , and she directed him the wrong way round so that they might overtake and confront the trio lurching towards Midnight Mass . |
| 8 | You find some tape in a kitchen drawer and go back to the front hall , turning him round so that you 're between him and the door . |
| 9 | ‘ Are you all right ? ’ he said , moving round so that he had his back to the others . |
| 10 | So , take your fingers from the outside and move them in towards the nose and round so that you do n't stretch the skin even more . |
| 11 | They stood before the dressing table for a while , looking at it and discussing it , apparently , but eventually just turned it round so that it faced the wrong way , rather than turn it upside down . |
| 12 | Urquhart lifted his chair with both hands and moved it round so that he could cross his legs . |
| 13 | He said it abruptly , his body twisted round so that he could look back at the hotel . |
| 14 | In the centre is a long paper fastener which permits the second circle to spin round so that the picture will appear in the window . |
| 15 | Then he swung round so that he was facing her . |
| 16 | ‘ Belinda , love , can you remember exactly how you are , and go and get your brush and brush your hair round so that it lies spread out on the chair ? ’ she said . |
| 17 | Nor should they be put off by roads which have signposts that are positively misleading , or which some naughty boys have turned round so that they point in totally the wrong direction . |
| 18 | He thrust his face close to hers suddenly and made her jump , pulling her round so that she was close and more aware than she ever wanted to be again of his dominant masculinity . |
| 19 | If that is true , as I hope it is , it may well be that the long-term trend of unemployment , which has seen troughs and peaks rising over the past 30 or 40 years with every trough and every peak getting higher , will turn round so that the peak of unemployment will be considerably lower than the last peak of unemployment . |
| 20 | He caught her chin to turn her face round so that he could look straight into her eyes . |
| 21 | I suggest that we do the usual thing of passing that one round so that if anybody wants to read it they can read it . |
| 22 | They did n't go round like that they were very loners as you would say . |
| 23 | There was some people round here that were selling gear that were n't smack'eads and they 'd do you a lay on without any rings or surety or nothing and you 'd say , well , ‘ Lay us on half a gram and I 'll sell it , like ’ , and they 'd say , ‘ Alright ’ , and then you 'd go back a coupla days later and say , ‘ Look . |
| 24 | " I wanted to keep it because I did n't want to leave him while I went out to use the phone — assuming there 's one round here that works , which I doubt , " she said . |
| 25 | " I got fed up of seeing people 1 knew getting dressed up and going to pubs or discos , because I could n't and I did n't know what the latest was — and round here that matters a lot , " said a nineteen-year-old Wigan woman with a child . |
| 26 | I want you to know round here that if anyone 's taking pictures , you better ask George Felix before . ’ |
| 27 | I mean there 's not many , probably not many families round here that could say that . |
| 28 | definitely trying to avoid my eyes now there 's a few eyes round here that look more like route maps of the M twenty five ! |
| 29 | I went to bed Friday night and my head was like a cor that was really , all round here that was really sort of hurting . |
| 30 | round there that Pauline brought but |