Example sentences of "and [adv] [v-ing] about the " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the logo 's dramatic unveiling on the stage of the New Athenaeum Theatre , there was a ripple of applause — and much muttering about the design , which may lose impact when it is scaled down for reproduction in newspapers and magazines . |
| 2 | I dabbed a little on each puckered mouth to further shouts of laughter and much dancing about the room . |
| 3 | Prince Charles had been talking and gently agitating about the subject for many years . |
| 4 | The man who shared her apartment was surly , unfriendly , and always complaining about the lifts and the garbage disposal . |
| 5 | Whether nature does or does not do the same thing is always tantalising , and sometimes revealing about the principles and mechanisms underlying the creation of structures . |
| 6 | Maggie had dealt with that as best she could , taking it quietly and never complaining about the minor injustices which a teacher can inflict — work returned because of untidiness , petty sarcasms , rigorous enforcement of minor school rules . |