Example sentences of "about for [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had been up and about for over an hour , moving slowly about her caravan , straightening the covers on the bunk , shaking the rag rug and even giving the brass on her beloved stove an early rub with metal polish . |
| 2 | This has come about for purely geographical reasons . |
| 3 | ‘ What were yer snoopin' about for then ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ There 's nothing else to hang about for now that your friend at UFA has given me a new face . |
| 5 | What on earth were you talking to Drew about for so long . ’ |
| 6 | Yes , I believe we may find ourselves forced to approach the whole question of happiness , which philosophers have gone round and about for so long . |
| 7 | " Well , the man 's gone by and Cowslip and I thought the flayrah ought not to lie about for long . |
| 8 | I only looked , I did take quickly a look at them but , you know I thought oh I ai n't got I did n't really have time to mess about for long you know . |
| 9 | In ‘ Fighting talk ’ the two are tied together in the nostalgic account of an idyllic childhood landscape , all large back gardens and open public spaces , where you could mooch about for as long as you wanted . |