Example sentences of "[to-vb] about [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For his blasphemy and irresponsible behaviour , he was doomed to wander about like a sea-tossed ghost , never to rest again . |
| 2 | The tall , straight young back that sauntered away down-river , to come about in a wide circuit via the fence of the curator 's garden , and the box hedge that continued its line , maintained too secure an assurance , and too secret a satisfaction of its own , in spite of the dexterity with which it had removed itself from censure . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | They obviate the need to walk about with a small shovel and separate bags . |
| 5 | One stood up to walk about in a left brogue and stopped in mid-tread . |
| 6 | But Lydia had discovered , to her own surprise , that she found the matter too significant to quarrel about in a childish way . |
| 7 | But there always remains still one point of complaint by some members of the public , that is that the grass that 's cut does tend to blow about , but if the cutting is frequent , there 's less grass t to blow about at a given time . |
| 8 | Although workers tended to stay with one firm most of the time , fluctuations in trade meant that it was by no means unknown to move about on a short-term basis . |