Example sentences of "[vb infin] it about " in BNC.

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1 The army which set out to recover Berwick from the Scots in July 1319 was some 14,000 strong , but it ended with a humiliating retreat and flight into England ; undoubtedly the Scottish outflanking movement which penetrated deep into England was the major contributor to this disaster , but acrimony between Lancaster and Edward may have helped bring it about and was certainly magnified by it , so that afterwards the relations of the two men rapidly deteriorated just at the time when Despenser the younger was antagonizing other magnates as well .
2 Er that does n't , I mean do n't take it about six o'clock , seven o'clock at night you could have , that could have worn off by the time the
3 So I 'll leave it about if you do n't bother if you 're not but er I , I , I think that they 're er they 're very good organizations .
4 I have a pedigree too , you know , only I do n't flash it about . ’
5 Do n't knock it about . ’
6 do n't throw it about though do you ?
7 You can have the heating on I 'll I 'll check it about ten minutes but if the hot water gets really , really hot then it 's the thermostat and
8 They can hold , pour or push it about .
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