Example sentences of "round and [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A group of whirligig beetles span round and round on the surface of the water putting me in a daze . |
| 2 | I would go round and round on the same point , he would commiserate , pretend to understand , but never move an inch . |
| 3 | McDunn taps the fag packet round and round on the table a couple of times . |
| 4 | He chooses to tap his fag packet round and round on the tabletop again rather than speak to me , so I say , ‘ Well , I 'm not sure about that , but it 's certainly somebody who knows me ; I mean , I think that card with my writing on it proves that . |
| 5 | He taps the cigarette packet round and round on the table surface . |
| 6 | As the loose barley was unloaded on to the goafstead , a boy rode a quiet old farmhorse round and round on the corn , trampling it down . |
| 7 | She kept twirling round and round on the grass . ’ |
| 8 | He kebabs his victim on the end of a spike and then turns it round and round over the flames . |
| 9 | ‘ Then why do I get the distinct impression that we 're going round and round in the same circles ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ They were coming in and going round and round in the system . |
| 11 | He stepped back and watched her as she whirled the small car round and out of the yard into the lane , crashing her gears with nervousness . |