Example sentences of "get [vb pp] about a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Jamie and I got pushed about a bit and nearly fell down a couple of times , but we survived through to the end of the night without any scrapes . |
2 | I do n't still have it , no , no it had got knocked about a bit , you know , being moved hither and thither and the other people have had it a bit as well as us , because we bought it from the people who lived next door when they left you see , cos when we started in here , we did n't have any carpets on these floors or under here it 's brown Marley tiling and I can still show you that |
3 | And of course they got knocked about a lot . |
4 | Yeah , but they do get moved about a bit . |
5 | But I mean , this is gon na be like the family room so , I mean , it is gon na get knocked about a bit ! |