Example sentences of "she [vb past] round " in BNC.
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| 1 | As fast as her rheumatic legs would carry her , she toddled round to the Rope Walk , to the house where Eb and Josh and Ruth had been born and brought up . |
| 2 | She sought round for some sobering thought . |
| 3 | It was not for some time , and after some acquaintance , that she got round to thinking that one of the most charming features of Clelia 's room was its sense of prolonged nursery associations . |
| 4 | I thought he was kinda saying to that by the time she got round to saying it , it would n't mean as much . |
| 5 | Melissa 's heart began to thump as she peered round to see what was causing the obstruction . |
| 6 | She peered round for the nuns , but they were nowhere to be seen . |
| 7 | She moved round behind the crowd to look at his face . |
| 8 | There 's a sham drawer this end and — ’ she moved round — ‘ a real one here . ’ |
| 9 | Jess — her blunt nose coming in contact with Samson 's hand as she coiled round — bit him . |
| 10 | She was sitting by the window at a little table she used as a writing desk , and she jerked round as he entered the room , but she did n't rise . |
| 11 | She darted round and round the tower , running fast but waving her hands . |
| 12 | Frantically she rooted round , then checked her pockets without success . |
| 13 | Instead of returning through the back entrance of the house , though , she strolled round to the front . |
| 14 | She drove round straight away and it all came out . ’ |
| 15 | She twisted round and saw Pet up to her shoulders in ooze , sinking fast . |
| 16 | But she twisted round and took him in her dusty hands , he felt the blood pump past her fingers . |
| 17 | ‘ You 're late , ’ Shildon accused as she twisted round . |
| 18 | And so , if she twisted round , perhaps she could see back to her own world , to the meadow … what was it called ? |
| 19 | She twisted round in the seat but could see no sign of a pursuing car . |
| 20 | She twisted round to look up at him . |
| 21 | At the touch of his hand on her hair she twisted round , her eyes alight with hope , and Penry breathed in deeply , his face set . |
| 22 | She came round for dinner one evening . |
| 23 | So he agreed to give her the camera , show her how to use it ; he 'd make sure the family were out the afternoon she came round to get the film developed . |
| 24 | Lisa was overjoyed when she came round . |
| 25 | All she had been told when she came round after the anaesthetic was that there had been a few complications and the operation had taken rather longer than had been expected . |
| 26 | Oddly enough , she was n't in pain when she came round , and she said she did n't know what they 'd shot into her , but she felt great and wished she could score some . |
| 27 | However , it was not until she came round from behind the reception desk that I realised how huge she was . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'll never believe he done it , ’ said Mrs Flaherty , when she came round for a cup of tea and a slice of the action , ‘ not if he 's convicted by a dozen juries , and do n't tell me he 'll get a fair trial in the current climate of opinion , not unless they pick twelve men the same size and true . |
| 29 | When she came round after the anaesthetic the first thing she says to the nurse is , Well , was I or was n't I ? |
| 30 | Rosie had to stay in hospital for ten days , but on the first Monday morning after they let her out , she came round to visit the family . |