Example sentences of "[verb] about [art] bit " in BNC.
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| 1 | They bound the restaurant owner , who moaned feebly and thrashed about a bit ; then with Lambert 's aid they hoisted him to the high seat . |
| 2 | But for once the weather was fine , the place was right on the other side of the airfield on the edge of open country , so we wandered about a bit , picking wild flowers and so on , and on the way back in the truck who should we see approaching in the distance , on foot , but our old pal Flt Off Gregory . |
| 3 | ‘ That was a shock , too , and I suppose I wandered about a bit about a bit aimlessly before having a quick breakfast . |
| 4 | My mum wakes up and I wake up at two , because she 's pottering around in the kitchen , , banging about a bit more than usual . |
| 5 | He yawned as he did it , and banged about a bit , so I felt that I had to go . |
| 6 | But he said when you start paying money just into a building society and then lump sum this and lump sum that they tend to sort of then oh you know , what is actually going on here and they tend to start looking about a bit more . |
| 7 | Well then when they start looking about a bit more , that is when it costs you because anything that Les has to get involved in , cos they go back to Les and say well why did he do this and why did you do that ? |
| 8 | I 've been retired from playing for five years , although this season I messed about a bit just to keep in touch with what was going on , and I really do think that someone else should have the honour of captaining the team . |
| 9 | When I was sure he would n't come in I got up and danced about a bit , and read the art books and drank water . |
| 10 | So you went on ahead and maybe you hung about a bit under the trees . ’ |
| 11 | to let you get moving about a bit easier . |
| 12 | ‘ Yeah , we knocked about a bit , ’ Yanto replied and looked thoughtfully into his beer . |
| 13 | you 'd have to hunt about a bit I 'm afraid . |
| 14 | Speed was a bit of a non event ( although he did score a goal ! ) and Deane lumbered about a bit , but was strong when he got the ball . |
| 15 | I went to Grosvenor Square and abused ‘ American Imperialists ’ , I got thumped about a bit on Troops Out demos , and I dutifully handed out time and money in support of ‘ the miners ' wives ’ . |
| 16 | Course , I 'ad to 'ang about a bit until I saw yer go out , and afterwards I met 'im at the Elephant an' Castle . |
| 17 | I jumped in and frothed about a bit , then went back inside and made some coffee . |