Example sentences of "be [verb] about [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " I do n't know why you 're wandering about here in the dark anyway . |
| 2 | You 're wobbling about all over the strings . |
| 3 | He was sure there had been more when he first arrived ; they had been scuttling about all over the place , carrying implements , standing on stools stirring steaming mixtures , chopping things and throwing bits and pieces into cauldrons . |
| 4 | The books are lying about all over the place in Shellerton . |
| 5 | The revival of small-scale farmhouses cheeses and the subsequent interest in these individual products has been brought about partly by the farmers ' need to cut the amount of milk that they send to the Milk Marketing Board and partly by the public 's demand for ‘ real ’ cheeses with traditional texture and flavour . |
| 6 | Yet William was made well-aware that the crisis in England which had led to his invitation had been brought about mainly by the opposition of the Anglican interest , something he implicitly recognised in his invasion propaganda . |
| 7 | Seems to be wandering about all over the place ! |
| 8 | ‘ We can eat later , ’ Leila called , trying to keep order over the group who were wandering about all over the place . |
| 9 | Greenshank were dashing about nervously in the shallows , as greenshanks do , small parties of elegant curlew sandpipers were busily feeding by probing the sand , and grey plovers were standing about watching for any small movements . |
| 10 | So this car that was trying to get out was sitting there waiting and there was no driver in sight and people were rushing about all over the station trying to find the driver . |
| 11 | Social Security Ministers are ducking about all over the place . |
| 12 | The scene of scrabbling around at the top of the stairwell and the subsequent scene of ED 209 's lashing about furiously at the foot of the stairs , unable to regain its footing , were then animated , the latter mostly using back projection and maximum blurs — almost literally hands-on , with the animator waggling the legs with wires during the one- or two-frame takes . |
| 13 | It worked out as she hoped ; Tommaso was hanging about outside in the square with a group of other young men , smoking and strolling around to join the girls drawing the evening water at the fountain ; he came near her ; to her surprise , she saw he was n't smiling , not like the others , who were laughing and exchanging remarks , between themselves , grinning strenuously as they play-acted contempt for the young women they wooed . |
| 14 | Dorrainge said that at any minute Cathbad would start talking about holding a pig-sticking party , and Cathbad , who was plunging about happily in the wild sorrel , said , ‘ And if we could only hold a pig-sticking party … |
| 15 | This was brought about principally by a sharp fall in emigration by British citizens , but was reinforced by some increase in immigration by both British passport-holders and others . |