Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] about in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Richard moved about in the bathroom ; the light hurt my eyes so I turned on my stomach and hid my face in the pillow . |
| 2 | Donna twisted about in the bath , sending water sloshing over the edge and on to the cork-tiled floor . |
| 3 | I say ‘ by great good luck ’ , because the Turkish authorities do not like foreigners wandering about in the neighbourhood of frontiers , particularly the Russian frontier . |
| 4 | Marie hung about in the middle of the road , looking in . |
| 5 | Licensed dealers still deal in certain shares the punter reads about in the tip sheets . |
| 6 | Gaveston bustled about in the darkness , found a tinder , and a cresset torch flared into life . |
| 7 | I WATCHED in horror as a huge black bear nosed about in the handlebar baskets of my bike yards away . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | A pure white butterfly tossed about in the light on the edge of the lake . |
| 10 | When they complain about ‘ stress ’ they are not saying they want to spend the rest of their lives lazing about in the sun being brought rum bamboozles on a silver tray ( though the idea has its appeal ) . |
| 11 | As Carol Jackson moved about in the kitchen she could hear the steady burble of conversation , punctuated every so often by a laugh . |
| 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 | The feathers moved about in the current of air that blew in under the door . |
| 14 | He scanned the dark figures moving about in the blackness , saw the odd flash-bulb explode as tourists took pictures of one of the capital 's most famous landmarks . |
| 15 | Apart perhaps from the revision of the Holy Week liturgy , the changes brought about in the Church 's worship under Pius XII now seem relatively modest . |
| 16 | Our small cortège milled about in the courtyard near the large double-barred gate of the palace . |
| 17 | Fred White and Sandy , the friend he had agreed to meet here , sat on the shore and watched people splashing about in the water . |
| 18 | Do not leave peels lying about in the laboratory before mounting or filing them : they attract dust and lint and are easily scratched . |
| 19 | She had n't really given him time to explain , just looked at that horrible creature prancing about in the hall all sexed up , and assumed the worst . |
| 20 | Once aboard two LSIs , the raiders carried out successful rehearsals at Scapa Flow ( north Scotland ) , despite the navy 's understandable challenge to the carrier ships ' small craft bobbing about in the night . |
| 21 | He could hear the man moving about in the room above his own . |
| 22 | I 've often seen toddlers jumping about in the back of cars ahead of me . |
| 23 | The cucullati were strange twilight creatures flitting about in the under-growth and the skirtings of a house , but seen as a potent element of the life-force with their phallic hoods and the garments usually worn by small children . |
| 24 | The stars move about in the sky , just as the sun does . |
| 25 | having visited Toys-R-us pre Christmas I was pleased to see though that on the front of the new Subbutteo box is a pucture of Chappie and Whyte cavorting about in the goal area ( against the Arse ? ) . |
| 26 | The referee looks for open hands fluttering about in the opponent 's face , because they all too often ‘ accidentally ’ catch the opponent 's eyes . |
| 27 | It was a question she had not thought to ask until now , but there certainly did n't seem to be any obvious Mrs Prescott hanging about in the background . |
| 28 | Then my family ; or at any rate the beam of a torch moving about in the kitchen . |
| 29 | Alison Hutchinson spotted the two starlings flailing about in the netting on the roof of Darlington 's Singer Sewing Centre in Bondgate . |
| 30 | There were several families under the trees now , with little children running around and babies crawling about in the grass . |