Example sentences of "[n mass] [vb base] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trout leap about wildly in the air like trampolining acrobats . |
| 2 | And the people round about would tug at her and shout , ‘ Sit down , Missus ! ’ |
| 3 | It is as if all plans for radical reform ( and it must be remembered that the new media bring about substantial structural reforms to broadcasting ) can not be contemplated ; although , in fact , what is missing is a coherent argument for the preservation of the existing system . |
| 4 | But it is seldom that junior staff complain about too much delegation as opposed to too little . |
| 5 | People jump about for a bit but then having offered you |
| 6 | After TB was diagnosed , he stopped work immediately and hospital staff set about contacting the 500 children and 500 staff who he had been in contact with him in the weeks before he became ill . |
| 7 | Slowly , painstakingly , these people set about preserving and promoting Poland 's folk-life , while attempting to assimilate Polish szlachta culture and cultural values for themselves . |
| 8 | When African music is part of a meeting her staff speculate about how long she will be able to keep still . |
| 9 | How how did people feel about , because well if you read read Alan Alan book , then he 's criticized very strongly as being too militant , and r well really Cri preferred to him . |
| 10 | There are other ways in which people go about recognizing socially this significant event in their lives . |
| 11 | Er alder people have about that time , it 's important that and I think it is . |
| 12 | The thing is this : when you play a note on any guitar , you create an overtone series , and those overtone series come about through the string vibrating in properly divided lengths . |