Example sentences of "about with the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nobody would be wandering about with the sharpened shaft of a golf club , just in case it came in handy . |
| 2 | This duly came about with the Environmental Protection Act 1990 ( EPA ) . |
| 3 | er in regard to er th the quote there has been no agreement on the line , that refers to the fact that agreement has to be m erm come about with the actual erm East Sussex County Council and Surrey County Council and that er although a joint meeting of Planning and Highways what , some two years ago , took a view as to the line , that has n't actually meant that there is agreement at this stage where the line can be implemented and I would have thought that 's what that refers to . |
| 4 | Had it been a figment of imagination , brought about with the increasing gloom , and the aura of the surrounding dereliction ? |
| 5 | A strong easterly wind when she comes out ; she 'll do a good bit o' rolling there , jumping about with the easterly wind , anywhere in the North Sea . |
| 6 | There vas something official about it , as if it were a guard-dog or sentinel , on the constant qui vive behind its glass eyes , taking turn and turn about with the real house-dog , and the basket of flowers was stuck in its mouth in an attempt to disarm , an accessory borrowed to lend it a harmless look . |
| 7 | Creative people are often not business minded , and they do not even want to acquire such skills as self-promotion and image-projection , let alone scrabble about with the nitty-gritty of lucre . |
| 8 | I kept out of his way while he fussed about with the old banger and went to get some petrol . |
| 9 | Tinkering about with the old boat would almost certainly be the end of her . |
| 10 | and er I thought er , I 've been playing about with the old ear for a song for a long time , but I ai n't worked the cords out |
| 11 | All you 're fit for is messing about with the dead . |
| 12 | There was nothing to suggest the reduction in capital was brought about with the deliberate intention to obtain legal aid to which he would otherwise not be elegible . |
| 13 | " Tilda , have you been tinkering about with the musical box ? " |