Example sentences of "about in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was brought about in no small degree by the invention in the 1890s of the safety bicycle which gave a wide cross-section of the population real mobility for the first time . |
| 2 | ‘ We 'll have you up and about in no time . ’ |
| 3 | Likewise , to give the fistula-suffering monarch ( Hugh Ross ) rather more than his fair share of Fisher King-like significance , he is made to stagger about in a stagy , enfeebled agony that could compete with Amfortas 's travails in Parsifal . |
| 4 | He seemed to regard the New Testament as a stormy sea in which he was tossed about in a little boat as he explored . |
| 5 | A wren or robin scrambled about in a clump of thorns and seemed to be scolding . |
| 6 | She had gained the opposite bank and was poking about in a great drifting mass of torn grass and brushwood . |
| 7 | So he hung about in a lonely spot one night , just where the other fellow was due to pass by — and well , Bob 's your uncle , as you so succinctly put it . |
| 8 | Washington , he said , stood by its commitment to overcome the division of Europe , Germany and Berlin , but this had to come about in a gradual process which satisfied German aspirations and met the ‘ legitimate interests ’ of all concerned . |
| 9 | He 'd accept anything that did n't involve stumbling about in a greasy morass of railway tracks . |
| 10 | When he stood in the middle of the road waving his arms it was only because he was hungry and wanted his dinner , now you 'll have to trundle him about in a wheelbarrow like a dead sheep , you 'll have no time for skirmishing . |
| 11 | I got involved with one of the servants I told you about , that had pawed me about in a cupboard . |
| 12 | Schools went in for a lot of physical education , ‘ drill ’ , which involved jumping about in a drafty hall with your skirt tucked into your knickers if you were female . |
| 13 | He was thrashing about in a circle , trying to escape and kept shouting , ‘ Help me ! |
| 14 | Endill left the library and wandered about in a daze . |
| 15 | ‘ There ai n't no trains out , around that time ; and a gent like him would hardly hang about in a station buffet ! |
| 16 | If there are steps , he may need handrails if he is walking , or a ramp if he moves about in a wheelchair . |
| 17 | The patient may have to move about in a relatively confined area , so you have to make sure he can do so safely before he begins . |
| 18 | ‘ Well , you know how things get about in a small community , ’ said Dimity soothingly . |
| 19 | I yelled , flinging my arms about in a style I might have copied from them . |
| 20 | I go about in a wheelchair and someone who pushes it very often goes into a shop and says , ‘ Look here , you have bought rather a lot of things I think you had better give a cheque for them — now I ? I write the cheque out , dear , and you shall sign it . ’ |
| 21 | He admired Tiller , describing him as a genius at organizing and directing his Girls but also noting that John ordered everyone about in a dictatorial way . |
| 22 | For instance , management could have recognised right from the outset that the machinists had a vital role to play and not left this to be argued about in a battle with the computer staff . |
| 23 | As it hisses in its fake-snake manner , following the spit , it completes the illusion by thrashing its tail about in a serpentine way . |
| 24 | After eating its mouse , the cat may start to vomit , froth at the mouth and stagger about in a confused condition . |
| 25 | It would seem that great pains were taken to ensure that the potential division among Incomer/Shetlander lives would not be spoken about , and that if it was spoken about in a public forum , the arrival of incomers would be made to look less ominous . |
| 26 | For her efforts , Riddler wins an exemption from military service for her son , Attila , a delicate type who slopes about in a dressing gown , wringing his hands . |
| 27 | The owners of Flokati were showing Mavis and Walter Bricknell-type behaviour , fluttering about in a nervous anxiety that would be bound to affect the horse if it went on too long . |
| 28 | So I tried the RSPCA inspector , but it seemed he was more concerned with a cow wandering about in a shopping mall in Carmarthen . |
| 29 | At home , I mooched about in a pair of basketball boots mended with a bicycle repair kit , eating ketchup on bread , and staring at a wart on my finger the size and texture of a tiny cauliflower . |
| 30 | ‘ Office girls were screaming uncontrollably and walking about in a daze with blood pouring from them , ’ said witness Helen Millican . |