Example sentences of "[verb] and [v-ing] about the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh , Mum , ’ said Camille , cool with the confidence of the adolescent who knows that the rules of mortality , the risks inherent in living and going about the world , do not apply to her . |
| 2 | Early March with crows tumbling and swooping about the verandah after flung crusts , scraping the air in hoarse conflict . |
| 3 | There was a little work to do , fetching and carrying about the kitchens , for which he would get ten shillings a week . |
| 4 | So presumably , other creatures are simply talking and communicating about the world according to their particular mind configurations . |
| 5 | I should think so when there are eight fascinating female forms in it , turning , twisting , pirouetting and corkscrewing about the stage at any one time . |
| 6 | Dorothea wiped her eyes and blew her nose and looked around her , at the overcoated figures , huddled and sneezing about the table-tennis table under the Vestry lights . |