Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pers pn] [verb] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , I could see his logic , which was that not only did it burn about three times as much wood as an enclosed stove but the draught from the chimney sucked up a considerable amount of the underfloor heating , and even though it cost us nothing , it was poor economics . |
| 2 | Not only did he take about half a dozen players , he took the manager , the tea lady and the backroom staff , and for all I know , the main stand , because that 's not at Banbury any more . |
| 3 | How long does it take about ? |
| 4 | The flowers and foliage of the rose have gone and it needs thoughtful pruning and tying in to prevent it whipping about in autumn . |
| 5 | The pasty-faced bureaucrats at New Scotland Yard were not to know he felt about as much at home there when he first arrived as a Martian . |
| 6 | I wanted to see her smile , hear the little chuckle that so often bubbled from her as we spoke , and just watch her move about . |
| 7 | They did not remain long , for the cold soon had them hopping about , and the journey was resumed . |
| 8 | Now he would always have them hanging about , making him feel guilty , getting in his way . |
| 9 | Mine always keep me waiting about . |
| 10 | I always see him riding about up the Steven there he 's always up there I know when I used to work for it was always Steve who used to be riding to this farm , riding to that farm , checking on this , checking on that and taking the wages round that sort of thing . |
| 11 | I often saw him wandering about in the fields and lanes or fishing in quiet reaches of the river when he should have been in school . |
| 12 | " Now I come to think of it , I have n't heard him moving about . |
| 13 | Yes I know what you mean but I do n't fancy you messing about with the grasscutter . |
| 14 | Hope he does n't want me to traipse about with Lisa . |
| 15 | ‘ Now , pop your trews off and give her a cuddle ; and make sure she 's out of here soon , I do n't want her mooning about in the morning . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Do n't want you limping about too much , not now your ankle 's on the mend . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Do n't want you bouncing about on those ruts . ’ |
| 18 | What they did n't know they read about . |
| 19 | I did n't know you said about twenty past . |
| 20 | He 'd made it clear enough after all that he did n't expect her to hang about as he had another date . |
| 21 | And I suppose they go along about I do n't expect they do about six miles an hour . |
| 22 | And I do n't like you fucking about ! |
| 23 | He should n't leave it lying about . |
| 24 | We all get in there and he goes sit down please did you see about half the people sat down before he |
| 25 | ‘ How d' you feel about a second honeymoon ? ’ |
| 26 | How has it come about that we are prepared to describe a serious physical mutilation as a trivial adjustment ? |
| 27 | In an improbable , but typical , detour in a review of a book about corsets , she asks : ‘ How has it come about that feminists have picked up the masculine notion that those women who are n't self-confessed feminists do n't known what they 're doing , half the time ? ’ |
| 28 | Someone has been murdered in mysterious circumstances : how has it come about ? |
| 29 | How did they go about recruiting them ? |
| 30 | But how did they come about ? |