Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] about [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The story got about over the years that his lectures were very obscure . |
| 2 | Ducks swam about on the lake , beside which we would sometimes sit of a summer evening after supper , before going back on duty . |
| 3 | As I walked round the lake , a flotilla of ducks paddled furiously after me , hoping to be fed , while fieldfares fluttered about on the lawns . |
| 4 | Richard moved about in the bathroom ; the light hurt my eyes so I turned on my stomach and hid my face in the pillow . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | His front paws rested on the heather as his back legs thrashed about in the dog-sized hole . |
| 7 | Donna twisted about in the bath , sending water sloshing over the edge and on to the cork-tiled floor . |
| 8 | I say ‘ by great good luck ’ , because the Turkish authorities do not like foreigners wandering about in the neighbourhood of frontiers , particularly the Russian frontier . |
| 9 | Dimetrodon and other dinosaurs padded about on the surface of the Coal Measures which were bent up into the great hump-like structure , or anticline , of the Pennines ( Diagram 4 ) . |
| 10 | Marie hung about in the middle of the road , looking in . |
| 11 | The great demand for executive talent brought about by the wealth of opportunities created under the post-war Pax Americana soon exhausted the supply . |
| 12 | Of course , evacuation was only a part of the enormous social disruption brought about by the war ; but subsequent recollections by evacuees , such as those collected by B. S. Johnson , pay eloquent testimony to the lasting effects — both negative and positive — it had on those who endured it , and suggest that qualitatively it was an experience that stood apart from the wider social confusion of wartime . |
| 13 | This is a condition brought about by the combined effect of evolution and civilisation and for everyone it is quite unavoidable . |
| 14 | Multiple Sclerosis is a nervous condition brought about by the destruction of blood vessels in the brain . |
| 15 | The family member tends to react to crises brought about by the addictive disease as if addiction were just like any other acute disease . |
| 16 | One is the change in product mix brought about by the changing relative price of products which have had microelectronics incorporated into them . |
| 17 | Their heads thrash about on the bloodied floor , gnashing their teeth and foaming at the mouth . |
| 18 | Licensed dealers still deal in certain shares the punter reads about in the tip sheets . |
| 19 | I live in the country , I live in the heart of the country right next to a sheep farm , and there 's no co , no message at all from the farmer that foxes are a pest it 's a misnomer put about by the hunt . |
| 20 | Our last sight is of the shawl flitting about among the convicts in Siberia : not altogether happy , like many things in the Epilogue . |
| 21 | Gaveston bustled about in the darkness , found a tinder , and a cresset torch flared into life . |
| 22 | I WATCHED in horror as a huge black bear nosed about in the handlebar baskets of my bike yards away . |
| 23 | Changes in pension provision came about with the passing of the Social Security Act 1986 and the Finance ( No. 2 ) Act 1987 . |
| 24 | The colourful draperies of the various stands and tents billowed and flapped gently , as the denizens of Little Tuckett strolled about on the freshly clipped lawns of the vicarage garden , taking in the various delights on offer . |
| 25 | Not only that , there was the auto-suggestion of two tiny Spanish brats splashing about in the pond in front of the green , fishing for lost balls . |
| 26 | Peace came about in the 1680s through Teleut exhaustion . |
| 27 | It was Marian who picked up a broken cross-bow from the debris piled about on the roof and held it out to Allen . |
| 28 | It is possible that , not being aware of the limitations brought about by the Project 's staffing numbers , non-participants had expected an unreasonable level of support . |
| 29 | ‘ It seems certain that even the small change in the balance of power between professionals and parents brought about by the Act have yet to be realized in a number of Authorities ’ ( Goacher et al . |
| 30 | The relaxation of east-west tensions brought about by the ending of the cold war has meant that the fear of nuclear war has receded from public consciousness . |