Example sentences of "[vb past] i round " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ While engaged in watching the movements of the several species of the great family of Procellaridae , which at one time often and often surrounded the ships that conveyed me round the world , a bright speck would appear on the distant horizon , and , gradually approaching nearer and nearer , at length assumed the form of the White-headed petrel , whose wing-powers far exceed those of any of its congeners ; at one moment it would be rising high in the air , at the next sweeping comet-like through the flocks flying around ; never , however , approaching the ship sufficiently near for a successful shot , and it was equally wary in avoiding the boat with which I was frequently favoured for the purpose of securing examples of other species ; but , to make use of a familiar adage , the most knowing are taken in at last ’ ’ ; one beautiful morning , the 20th of Feb. 1839 , during my passage from Hobart Town to Sydney , when the sea was perfectly calm and of a glassy smoothness , this wanderer of the ocean came in sight and approached within three hundred yards of the vessel ; anxious to attract him still closer , so as to bring him within range , I thought of the following stratagem : — a corked bottle , attached to a long line , was thrown overboard and allowed to drift to the distance of forty or fifty yards , and kept there until the bird favoured us with another visit , while flying around in immense circles ; at length his keen eye caught sight of the neck of the bottle ( to which a bobbing motion was communicated by sudden jerks of the string ) , and he at once proceeded to examine more closely what it was that had arrested his attention ; during this momentary pause the trigger was pulled , the boat lowered , and the bird was soon in my possession . ’ |
| 2 | At one time I had this scrubbing brush and I used to spend the whole day scrubbing and I used to have a big pan and I used to boil my clothes up in it — it drove me round the bend … |
| 3 | He also showed me round the House of Commons . |
| 4 | He did not always understand my French , but he showed me round the school , and talked a lot , very fast . |
| 5 | He showed me round his little vegetable-garden terrace ; his cucumbers , his almonds , his long-leaved loquats , his pistachios . |
| 6 | ‘ A couple of interviews this morning , and I met Penny Seu Chen this afternoon and she showed me round our building , studios and offices , and we rearranged a few things in mine . |
| 7 | I tried to remember what my sister Mary had said about ignoring old wives ' tales and I tried to put them from my mind , but after that I often caught myself glancing at Granny 's picture and it seemed to me that her black eyes came alive and followed me round the room . |
| 8 | He hit me round the back and the knot on the chest . |
| 9 | So I did — and all of a sudden a man with a gun grabbed me round the neck and dragged me off . |
| 10 | got too scary , so to make me scared , she slapped me round the face . |
| 11 | He took me round the Walker Art Gallery . |
| 12 | Suddenly he cut me short and took me round the room and made me look at things . |
| 13 | He took me round that blooming Argyle Road three times . |
| 14 | Oh , Brian took me round that corner , right , slowed down too much |
| 15 | he took me round that corner for three times today . |
| 16 | Start with the beginning of this decade if you like , when the one and only Muhammad Ali personally escorted me round every nook and cranny of his Deer Lake log-cabin home . |
| 17 | Start with the beginning of this decade if you like , when the one and only Muhammad Ali personally escorted me round every nook and cranny of his Deer Lake log-cabin home . |
| 18 | Jesus ! ’ and ‘ Aliens are come ! ’ and ‘ Prithee the snake not be here ! ’ in about equal proportions , they carried me round the body of the hall . |
| 19 | ‘ He was singing Ernie — then he chased me round the flat . |