Example sentences of "about [coord] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had n't scattered monogrammed handkerchiefs about or faked alibis or carelessly dropped dated train tickets or shown knowledge he should n't have had . |
| 2 | And were you alone in the cart when you were going round about or did you have a boy with you ? |
| 3 | And I think both of them need to be erm thought about and looked at , but they 're certainly not the same thing . |
| 4 | But then in seventy nine we had a hit at home with Bunch of Time and that as far as we were concerned was the end of the road you know to be successful in Ireland and then late eighty one , early eighty two you know they started playing Bunch of Time over here and it became a top twenty hit for us and that you know changed the whole thing round about and got us from say the pubs in Ireland into the concert circuit in England which we 've been doing ever since . |
| 5 | While they ate he made polite conversation , avoiding with care any of the deeper , more important issues that needed to be talked about and resolved . |
| 6 | But the Doctor had already wrenched the tank about and stepped up the output of the traction motor . |
| 7 | For some people this is literally the first time they have thought about and felt sensual responses in their own body . |
| 8 | In the process of ‘ coming to know ’ , present experience is condensed with similar sensations from the past through which they are relived , thought about and felt . |
| 9 | Both sides threw the ball about and scored five tries each . |
| 10 | They thought as I thought , and cancer and one kidney was something to be talked about and shared . |
| 11 | erm when he was asked about and stood over his shoulder and trying to take mental notes . |
| 12 | I shouted that he did not know what he was talking about and held the telephone away from my face . |
| 13 | After a meal , when relaxing over a cup of coffee , it is easier to discuss important matters — even a crisis can usually wait for an hour or so before being thought about and tackled . |
| 14 | The shots were going to look terrific , but this was ridiculous — the very thing I had been cynical about and did not wish to do I was doing ; carrying a bike both up and down a mountain . |
| 15 | A century before William Booth had seen the need of the " submerged tenth " of Britain whom nobody else seemed to care about and declared " These people are our people . " |
| 16 | He fondled the ears and the dog turned , whipped his strange long tall about and licked the hand quickly . |
| 17 | Penny was a very active shoot on the hospital grapevine , and Juliet did n't want her mother 's operation talked about and discussed . |
| 18 | I have seen Shiraz and its roses and nightingales , which Gide wrote about but did not see . |