Example sentences of "he was [verb] about in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It occurred to him as he was crashing about in the cupboard among his own old mackintoshes , tennis racquets , gum boots , and broken picture frames that he might be doing the wrong thing . |
| 2 | He seemed to regard the New Testament as a stormy sea in which he was tossed about in a little boat as he explored . |
| 3 | He was thrown about in the back of the car and the driver was having a Chinese attack of the wobblies made worse by bouts of dizziness and sickness due to the height at which they were travelling . |
| 4 | Clarissa said she was glad she had n't known he was walking about in the open . |
| 5 | He was thrashing about in a circle , trying to escape and kept shouting , ‘ Help me ! |