Example sentences of "about in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kelman 's work forms part of a flowering of talent which has come about in the urban Scotland of the last few years . |
| 2 | Grasses will help to build up the feeling of luxuriance and they add their own special grace when they sway about in the breeze . |
| 3 | Wing covers will also help to reduce the lifting qualities , but they can damage the finish if they are allowed to thrash about in the wind . |
| 4 | What the hell was that kiss about in the middle of all this ? |
| 5 | The referee looks for open hands fluttering about in the opponent 's face , because they all too often ‘ accidentally ’ catch the opponent 's eyes . |
| 6 | To stir up mischief , no doubt , and to eye Jean Bruce , the blacksmith 's daughter — they had been seen strolling about in the gloaming more than once , laughing quietly together and holding hands . |
| 7 | This is not to undervalue the change in judicial thinking which has come about in the last 30 years . |
| 8 | Suddenly , behind her , the stage explodes into life -50 people milling about in the bawdy chaos of a red light area . |
| 9 | We 've always believed that the market has to be regulated ; that 's what Disraeli and Peel were all about in the nineteenth century , ’ he said . |
| 10 | He showed what he is all about in the eighth inning of game five against the Cubs at Candlestick . |
| 11 | Events seen on the television the might before , or read about in the day 's newspaper , or relayed as they happen to police stations throughout the province over the MSX machine , naturally facilitate talk on sensitive topics or cam be used as contextually related props to achieve the same end . |
| 12 | It appeared that the officer had been admiring the fish swimming about in the water of the Orne when a Royal Marine Commando asked him if he would like some for his supper . |
| 13 | We were soon splashing about in the surf washing off weeks of dirt accumulated in the slit trenches . |
| 14 | Too small and you 're likely to compress the filling and lose loft , too large and the bellows action of air as you move about in the bag will ensure you never keep a nice layer of still warm air around you , essential to keep you cosy . |
| 15 | Half the faces in the stalls were turned the wrong way , trying to see what the fuss was about in the back row . |
| 16 | Later she dug about in the fridge ; and although the result was depressing , she did find and consume two pots of yoghurt , a hunk of cheese and a slice of ham which had begun to curl up at its edges . |
| 17 | If you are to move about in the senior echelons of industry , this is an important ability to develop . |
| 18 | The Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto in his book , The Other Path , argues that such change can be brought about in the Latin American context by legalizing the informals . |
| 19 | A pure white butterfly tossed about in the light on the edge of the lake . |
| 20 | She poked about in the brambles and wagged her tail . |
| 21 | Charlie told me it was n't nothing for them to get through twenty nicker poking about in the shops . |
| 22 | ‘ He was flashing all this money about in the Dragon . |
| 23 | The runaway Prince Leonce and his veminous , thieving philosphical sparring partner Valerio , after pawning their clothes for food , loaf about in the forest in long johns swapping paradoxes like two men waiting for Godot . |
| 24 | Not only that , there was the auto-suggestion of two tiny Spanish brats splashing about in the pond in front of the green , fishing for lost balls . |
| 25 | People had been very cold and were sloshing about in the mud from the day before . |
| 26 | Marie hung about in the middle of the road , looking in . |
| 27 | Clarissa said she was glad she had n't known he was walking about in the open . |
| 28 | She gave Charles the address , and looked so happy and excited when she asked the Stage Door Keeper to get her the Wimbledon number , that he quite forgave her for keeping him hanging about in the draughty passage outside his box . |
| 29 | How long could he and his Sergeant stamp about in the cold feeling sorry for themselves , Charles wondered . |
| 30 | Norman Cook will never be spoken about in the same breath as Jazzie B , yet ‘ Dub Be Good To Me ’ is one of the hardest records you will ever hear seeping out of a Ford Escort at the traffic lights . |