Example sentences of "[v-ing] about on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hoomey pushed the front seat up and leaned over , groping about on the back seat . |
| 2 | There were one or two adults at the centre of each , directing operations ; elders , stooped and greying , weaving about on the periphery ; and in between , aunts and uncles and cousins and assorted offspring yammering and pawing each other . |
| 3 | For you will learn that none of these things which are admired and sought after are of any good to those who attain them — for when they do get them , the burning heat is just as bad , there is the same tossing about on the sea , the same desire for what they do not have . |
| 4 | Whether they are jamming the bustling streets of Kowloon , elbowing their way on to ancient trams or leaping about on the terraces at the races , Hong Kong people are enthusiasts . |
| 5 | Ruining your good trousers wriggling about on the ground . |
| 6 | The only brush she possessed was the one she used for her make-up , and the only pencil the one she had found lying about on the sideboard . |
| 7 | I could leave everything lying about on the floor and nothing would get broken ! |
| 8 | The Empress was particularly fond of the gondola and often spent an hour drifting about on the water accompanied by one of her guests . |
| 9 | Martin Bates adjusted the focus on the binoculars , trying to pull into sharper definition the man moving about on the deck . |
| 10 | Bees were moving about on the bluebells . |
| 11 | The flames seemed to flicker as if someone was moving about on the island . |
| 12 | They first recorded the vervets ' call and then played them through loud-speakers to free-living monkeys moving about on the ground . |
| 13 | Mucking about on the moor like kids will , one of 'em went into the shed and came out with a bundle , all nicely tied up . |
| 14 | Ranulf and Maltote disappeared like will-o'-the-wisps whilst Corbett received one of Maeve 's lectures about the need to rest , as well as the dangers of charging about on the King 's business in weather not fit for the worst of sinners . |
| 15 | Charles Hancy relates his experiences in travelling about on the hay business : |
| 16 | It 's a fine sunny day in August — but where are all the loafers lyin' about on the grass ? ’ |
| 17 | There 'll be no more lolling about on the Costa del Sol in future because too much Sol will have done for the Costa . |
| 18 | Peter Berger argues that society has often been viewed as a puppet theatre with its members portrayed as ‘ little puppets jumping about on the ends of their invisible strings , cheerfully acting out the parts that have been assigned to them ’ . |
| 19 | The forests on these islands abounded in honey-eaters , regent-birds , satin-birds and wood-pigeons ; Mosquito Island was also where Gould saw his first live brush turkey , or wattled talegalla , scratching about on the forest floor . |
| 20 | ‘ I said I 'd seen Sam hanging about on the towpath with a bunch of yobs . ’ |
| 21 | It takes only a few minutes down to the shore , and I stop by the pier where one or two herring gulls are sitting rather listlessly , and a couple of hooded crows are poking about on the beach . |
| 22 | Little clusters of guests were standing about on the cobblestones between the houses , looking at a loss . |
| 23 | Still , people often do it without thinking , especially in a fight when everyone falls over and starts rolling about on the ground . |
| 24 | Curled alongside the mighty Rhine there 's plenty of messing about on the river to do , and the hospitality would certainly help when entertaining Mr. Toad . |
| 25 | If you like messing about on the river , they you 'll love this lake ( go parascending and you can even mess about above it ! ) |
| 26 | A collection of classic boats from the golden age of messing about on the river will go up for auction this weekend . |
| 27 | The National Rivers Authority say messing about on the river is n't clever , and that too many people fail to appreciate the dangers . |
| 28 | He already had two of the things clinking about on the back seat . |
| 29 | The train rumbled nearer , Ian was still jigging about on the parapet , he could see the smoke box lamp flickering , then as the train was almost on the bridge the smoke enveloped the structure as Ian was doing his Highland jig ; he suddenly lost his balance and fell down onto the smoke box frame , the force of the fall did its lethal work and killed Ian Watson . |
| 30 | But we suspect it was found necessary to place the Monkeys ' Dance where the score has it in order to allow time for setting this exotic scene — and six dancers cavorting about on the forestage could make a useful amount of noise to mask what was happening on the darkened scenic stage behind the proscenium arch . |