Example sentences of "[noun prp] [be] [verb] about [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Back again on Grace , Tilda was messing about at the foot of the mast with a black and yellow flag , one of the very few they had . |
| 2 | The Charles Bal and Sir Robert Sale were beating about in the darkness for the whole of the twenty-seventh , and ash rained down on them so steadily that the crews had to spend hours shovelling it off the decks and shaking it clear of sails and rigging . |
| 3 | Fortunately she had managed to read quickly through her own piece , which looked really professional , but she wondered what J.D. was thundering about on the editorial page . |
| 4 | De Craon is snuffling about for the juicier morsels , then it 's back to Paris and heigh ho for Rome and our Holy Father . ’ |
| 5 | The eventual destruction of Jerusalem was brought about by the Romans to crush the rebellion of Bar Kokhba who was styled by the Akiba , the most famous rabbi of the time , as the Messiah . |
| 6 | Marc was stamping about at the top of the steps , knocking the snow off his boots . |
| 7 | A further change in the law since the case of Nash v. Inman was brought about by the Family Law Reform Act 1969 which reduced the age of majority to 18 so that only people under that age enjoy the privileged status of minor . |
| 8 | Instead , the evidence strongly suggested that the higher imprisonment rate in England and Wales was brought about by the courts ' decisions to commit a greater number of people to prison , both on remand and also under sentence . |
| 9 | In his bedroom , Henry was scraping about in the tortoise box . |