Example sentences of "about [prep] all [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Full of surprises , the first side of the album ends with a 20 second operatic burst about of all things a cup of tea , sounds comical , but shows a command of vocal security on Sam 's part . |
| 2 | Before the Great War , however , Baden-Powell 's public attitude towards the military significance of the Boy Scouts had been hedged about with all sorts of reservations , and he had always actively disfavoured drill which he thought produced merely mechanical obedience . |
| 3 | Richard was like a gusher of newly tapped oil spraying about in all directions . |
| 4 | Its toes are strong enough to hold it on the bark , no matter which way it is facing and it hops about in all directions with sure-footed nimbleness . |
| 5 | They kept peering about on all sides as though they knew that he was not far off but they seemed reluctant to leave the path . |
| 6 | He remembers how people said he looked like a wild steer , gazing about on all sides , holding his head too high , and how they said his brain was buckish , and totally devoid of sober reasoning power . |
| 7 | As good Marxists the Bolshevik leaders tended to believe that following on the eventual restoration and ‘ correct ’ development of favourable economic conditions , ‘ correct ’ social and political attitudes would also come about at all levels . |
| 8 | If deep love exists and that loving is complete , then this blend and harmony can be brought about by all forms of physical closeness — from touching and holding to the complete sexual act . |