Example sentences of "[v-ing] about in the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Barbarians were knocking about in the late bronze age and iron age . |
| 2 | The twins , David and Michael , had been prowling about in the front garden waiting for the sight of Belinda 's car , and as soon as she stepped out into the driveway and came up the path to the house they raced ahead of her inside to relay the news of her arrival , without even saying hello to her . |
| 3 | Of all the great canards quacking about in the European propaganda lake , none is more easily shot out of the water than the one about German federalists . |
| 4 | The kids are larking about in the steam-filled room , and the girl seems grateful for adult conversation . |
| 5 | ‘ Somebody 's moving about in the locked room , ’ I thought . |
| 6 | Suddenly , behind her , the stage explodes into life -50 people milling about in the bawdy chaos of a red light area . |
| 7 | However , when I took to hanging about in the new house , when I watched her while she chatted to her staff and guests , or entertained the local burghers , or genteelly remonstrated with her suppliers and various tradesmen over the phone , I began to see this seeming tact as an extension of that complicity I had long been aware of . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Our young Tominah friend had disappeared by sunset , and it was well after dark by the time Abu returned , together with Ranteallo , jerking about in the front seat like a clownish version of his own Tau-Tau . |