Example sentences of "[v-ing] about [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , as she crossed into Farringdon Street and saw familiar landmarks , she stopped and put down her bag , gazing about her with the pleasure of someone who has come home after a long absence . |
| 2 | He had drowned , unable to move , when the rising tide had filled the channel : Marie remembered seeing about it on the local television news . |
| 3 | Andrew sat down on the corner of the bed , his aged and baggy trousers flaring about him like the leggings of a geriatric Zouave . |
| 4 | Yet , I am not writing about him for the above reasons , it 's rather on account of an unlikely weakness of his than for one of his many strengths . |
| 5 | It was this talent which had landed him the job with the Oswaldston College of Further Education and he was already unearthing long — forgotten aspects of Lancashire social history , and writing about them in the local paper . |
| 6 | She is going about her business , while he is writing about her to the world , and we are seeing her through his eyes . |
| 7 | ‘ The newsboys were shouting about it in the street , ’ |
| 8 | She turned , looking about her at the stables . |
| 9 | Tallis said , amazed , looking about her at the dark , snow-striped land . |
| 10 | ‘ Bring a horse , ’ said Hotspur , rearing up fiercely and looking about him for the nearest serviceable squire , ‘ and get him on to it . |
| 11 | He was strolling down the steep narrow street towards the sea , his hands deep in his pockets and his shirt open at the throat , very pale and Londonish , looking about him with the fond , proprietorial air of an Englishman returning to a favourite spot abroad . |
| 12 | He was absolutely worshipped by all disinterested persons at G.Q.G. When he entered the hotel , tapping the floor with his stick and looking about him with the mischievous and bright glances of a boy , every one came up to him instinctively , only too pleased to see him . |
| 13 | All this time Marcus was standing , now more upright , looking about him at the various speakers , with an interested air . |
| 14 | Looking about him at the great press of people , the escalator that was a river of people flowing on and on , the crowds that streamed down the stairs so that if a train was held up there would be room for no more to squeeze on to the platform , he wondered why a terrorist group had never thought of putting a bomb in the tube . |
| 15 | He glanced back at her , then turned away , looking about him at the cluttered floor , the smoke-blackened walls , the broken ceiling of the room he was in . |
| 16 | Tuan Ti Fo turned , looking about him at the simple order of his room . |
| 17 | Looking about him at the others , Christian said , ‘ There ! |
| 18 | Why , he was boasting about it in the prop-room . |
| 19 | I said you 're going about it with the wrong attitude ! |
| 20 | It was a meadow ready for cutting and suddenly I realized that it was high summer , the sun was hot and that every step brought the fragrance of clover and warm grass rising about me into the crystal freshness of the air . |
| 21 | I remember reading about him in the Standard . ’ |
| 22 | Reading about it in the popular press is no substitute for the scrutiny that follows the disclosure required by technical journals . |
| 23 | So horrid as it all is , it 's not that much worse than reading about it in the newspapers . |
| 24 | They 'll be reading about it in the paper then , trying to find out , spreading the word , and you know every every time someone drove past the picket line , there was a bit of bad publicity for the quarries and helpful for us . |
| 25 | ‘ I 've been reading about it in the Veterinary Record and I 've cut out an article which deals with it . |
| 26 | Tattling about him over the teacups . |
| 27 | One possible drawback could be that some people might decide to take an overdose as a result of learning about it through the media or public discussion , even if the behaviour had been presented as an inappropriate way of coping . |
| 28 | Fortunately I do n't have to do the really dangerous stuff , buteven backstage in the wings I did have a few things falling about me on the last day in Manchester . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm insulted that he 's even talking about me on the tape — and I 'm sure the other players he 's mentioned feel the same . |
| 30 | Is everyone talking about me in the shack ? |