Example sentences of "about in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's weird how influences can come about in such indirect ways . |
| 2 | They can be written about in such a way that someone else is able to empathize with them . |
| 3 | Not used to rushing about in such a manner , the maid was breathless . |
| 4 | As no one , who knows what he is about in good company , would venture to talk all ; — so no author , who understands the just boundaries of decorum and good breeding , would presume to think all : The truest respect which you can pay to the reader 's understanding , is to halve this matter amicably , and leave him something to imagine , in his turn , as well as yourself . |
| 5 | The New Testament was born about in many men 's hands … ’ . |
| 6 | Whilst oil barons may be prepared to suffer this while oil is in relatively short supply , they will probably adopt a different attitude if demand falls , and this could come about in many ways — perhaps by substantial on-shore reserves being discovered elsewhere in the world . |
| 7 | Gorillas move about in small parties usually containing one large adult ‘ grey-back ’ male . |
| 8 | That it is wrong , we may learn from the sights all around us : drunken men lying on the ground , cursing and making oaths ; young women lost to the bondage of early motherhood , always pushing children about in small carts , and making oaths ; reckless gamblers who by their own improvidence must sell double-glazing for the prudent man 's windows . |
| 9 | The few guests that remained stood about in small , shocked groups . |
| 10 | ‘ Where are you ? ’ shouted the Campbell , spinning about in small circles . |
| 11 | They sought a change in the terms of the debate and , to a large extent , they succeeded in bringing that about in 1981 . |
| 12 | In its citation , the Nobel Committee ( of the Norwegian parliament , which awarded the Peace Prize ) said that it wished to honour Gorbachev for his " many and decisive contributions " to East-West relations and " for the greater openness he has brought about in Soviet society " . |
| 13 | I never thought of that , I just think that they were bananas jumping about in stripy pyjamas . |
| 14 | The modelling of the subjects is very natural , and the lighting-spread is such that performers can move about in reasonable freedom without running into areas which are over or underlit . |
| 15 | It was about er the press and unemployment and it was about the way the effects of unemployment were written about in well broadsheet and popular newspapers , it also involved a bit of a study where I gave people some articles to show which had been typed up in a fairly anonymous format and , and got them to rate them in various ways and that was in , let me see , nineteen eighty three long long time ago |
| 16 | The club mascot , a statue of Our Lady Vulnerata ( the wounded Maradona ? ) was hacked about in 1589 by some ( Lord ) Essex supporters on their way back from Cadiz , but still stands in the chapel , a focus of prayer . |
| 17 | I know it 's commonsense but unfortunately a lot of people still tend to leave these er objects lying about in easy reach of the young child , okay ? |
| 18 | However , it may be that for bipolar disorders there is an inherited deficit , while for milder disorders the deficit may come about in other ways ( Akiskal , 1979 ) . |
| 19 | This comes about in two ways . |
| 20 | This has been brought about in two ways , first , by specific EEC Directives which insist , for instance , that Britain gives preference to EEC countries with respect to her sales of North Sea oil . |
| 21 | It was not the person I had read about in all the papers and magazines . ’ |
| 22 | Richard was like a gusher of newly tapped oil spraying about in all directions . |
| 23 | Its toes are strong enough to hold it on the bark , no matter which way it is facing and it hops about in all directions with sure-footed nimbleness . |
| 24 | He suddenly stopped talking and , gazing intently through the semi-darkness to our left , he said excitedly. , ‘ Piper , do you see anything moving about in that field over there ? ’ |
| 25 | Harold was about eight or nine and he was always playing and running about in that meadow yonder . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ He ought not to be standing about in that cold church porch ! ’ muttered Meredith as they strode towards him . |
| 27 | That 's all there is to it ; nothing to be scared about in that , is there , Bainbridge ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ … he 's very depressed … see him when I can … he 's not working … not doing anything , much … still lies about in that appalling house drinking … |
| 29 | ‘ Why is he smoking , and waving his arms about in that awful way ? ’ |
| 30 | " I do dislike them when all the petals turn brown and flap about in that untidy way . " |