Example sentences of "about at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | PREMIER John Major was fiddling about at a cricket match yesterday while his overburdened Chancellor struggled with Britain 's burning economic problems . |
| 2 | It is usual to write a short title to each memo in order that the reader can see what it is about at a glance |
| 3 | All this comes about at a time when the future of GMAG is under review . |
| 4 | For some unexplained reason you were still lurking about at a time when , normally , you would long since have gone home . ’ |
| 5 | He 's far more likely to catch a chill standing about at a show or in the hunting field than after a bath , as long as you take the right precautions . |
| 6 | Unfortunately , this had the effect of making it also extremely mobile during transport , and it was sliding about at every bend in the road . |
| 7 | keep waving your hands about at the window the pigeons will be conspicuous by their absence . |
| 8 | Marc was stamping about at the top of the steps , knocking the snow off his boots . |
| 9 | The sharp white lights of the television crew picked out the shards of the Worm , blowing about at the bottom of the pit until they became transparent and brittle , breaking into thousands of tiny pieces . |
| 10 | The Stormtex outer gives the jacket a fair amount of shower and wind protection ; excellent for hillwalking and hanging about at the bottom of climbs . |
| 11 | A friend and I were driving in spring to Crarae gardens near Inveraray so I could salivate over the rhododendrons , but we grew tired of travelling at seven miles an hour behind clods in caravans and on reaching the Rest And Be Thankful pulled into the side to wander about at the base of Beinn an Lochain . |
| 12 | I can picture the convoy now : the little navigating jeep in front , the solid three-tonners rolling along steadily , and the jeeps scampering about at the back . |
| 13 | Er , you 've been fiddling about at the back where it breaks yeah , did you tell Ken ? |
| 14 | Back again on Grace , Tilda was messing about at the foot of the mast with a black and yellow flag , one of the very few they had . |
| 15 | T : two things to establish for the writer at the beginning of the story one the situation what is the situation * at the beginning of the story * anybody what 's the situation Douglas * have you read the story Douglas S : no sir T : ah that wo n't help then will it who 's read the story what is the situation at the beginning SS : ( laughter ) T : £ is it Michael S : Carl T : what 's the situation at the beginning simple detail situation what where what is the story about at the beginning * have you read it S : no sir T : right who 's read it * Sarah ( Walsh 1987 : 82 ) |
| 16 | He looked about at the patchwork of technologies . |
| 17 | But he was the same , odd man , who had hung about at the church in boots at Faith Lavender 's funeral . |
| 18 | Du n no , but it says , it said about at the Rice Krispies . |
| 19 | The only person that I know about at the playhouse is Gordon . |
| 20 | This will help as part of the socialization process , but do bear in mind that you will not be able to allow it to scamper about at the end of the journey until you return home , because it will not be fully protected at this stage . |
| 21 | some , some of us ca n't even boil a bloody egg , I mean it 's , it 's ridiculous , you think to yourself what 's , what 's it all about at the end of your at the end of the day |
| 22 | Throughout the cavern , men looked about at the commotion , and those in the vicinity scattered for cover , while the two scientists cast terrified glances at the huge expanse of drums and called in vain for the guards not to shoot . |
| 23 | ‘ He waves his arms about at the office sometimes , ’ said Bob . |
| 24 | Do n't mess about at the plant . ’ |
| 25 | Small cabins were dotted about at the side of fields , mostly ruined or used as farm sheds , but in some cases inhabited . |
| 26 | Looking about at the crowd of faces , she tried to discover who was watching her . |
| 27 | They just put me up for it and I just happened to be about at the time . |
| 28 | Fortunately the holidays had begun and there was no-one about at the time . |
| 29 | The boulders which God had flung about at the time of the creation had , to Lydia 's eyes , a patriarchal air , and the pebbles which littered the stream seemed like little children confidently at rest in this fatherly presence . |
| 30 | Er minding motors outside the Arms and the Bridge Hotel every night , maybe only get sixpence or sevenpence cos there was n't that many cars about at the time . |