Example sentences of "[vb base] about by [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Undiscouraged by its lack of welcome , the corpse returned upon the next tide to Looe Island , where , cut about by the rocks , the grisly spectacle finally came to rest well to the windward of the select Hannafore part of the town . |
2 | Pernicious tales put about by the likes of Rose Taillé and her layabout son . |
3 | This raises the interesting possibility that Mancini 's insistence that Edward IV wanted his brother to be protector also derives from a version of events put about by the duke after he had seized the prince and was seeking recognition as protector . |
4 | This raises the interesting possibility that Mancini 's insistence that Edward IV wanted his brother to be protector also derives from a version of events put about by the duke after he had seized the prince and was seeking recognition as protector . |
5 | It was then put about by the powers-that-be that , being new , they had not realised the significance of what they were doing . |
6 | Was it directed at the restaurants of Chichester or Glyndebourne ? — calling for two 16-oz. cans of spaghetti in tomato sauce , 9 oz. of plain flour and 6 oz. of shredded suet ( put about by the Atora Suet Bureau ) are also uncommon . |