Example sentences of "a [noun] round [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I 'll put a girdle round about the earth
2 I have a look round for the fag packet , but it 's gone .
3 He called Stefan on the radio , who had a look round on the underside of the ‘ Fury and could see nothing wrong .
4 On the Tuesday his American boss had a practice round in the morning , practised for a couple of hours , pronounced himself satisfied and arranged to meet Froggy at ten o'clock the next day .
5 This involved a detour round to the McDonald 's on Baker Street before the PR lady missed us .
6 If their marks are among the top six in the country they 'll be invited to take part in a new two part grand final , with a specialist round on the Saturday and a general fishkeeping knowledge round on the Sunday .
7 On November 7 and 8 they 'll take part in a new two-section grand final , with a specialist round on the Saturday and a general fishkeeping knowledge round on the Sunday .
8 If their marks are among the top six in the country they 'll be invited to take part in a new two part grand final , with a specialist round on the Saturday and a general fishkeeping knowledge round on the Sunday .
9 If their marks are among the top six in the country they 'll be invited to take part in a new two part grand final , with a specialist round on the Saturday and a general fishkeeping knowledge round on the Sunday .
10 And made a gallery round for the Sunday school .
11 I got my part of the control lines together and carried them in a loop round to the kite .
12 The arrival , at 11.25am , was a smooth landing , with the classic keep-the-nosewheel-up run to the end , followed by a taxi round to the dispersal .
13 He probably heard on the radio that Mahoney had a chance , so he took a stroll round to the hospital and finished him off .
14 ‘ Take Leonora into the gardens for a stroll round in the sunshine while you wait for the results , Doctor , ’ advised the serene , smiling nun .
15 and then Sunday we had a walk round in the sunshine
16 Actually it 's just 's excuse to have a walk round behind the bike sheds .
17 ‘ But there 's a path round under the wall , and the machair starts just beyond the trees . ’
18 And by the time we got there we could see a fire round at the back of the the crane pedestal which was in B module where most of the oil separation plant is .
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