Example sentences of "hung about the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even on very wet days Moran seldom hung about the house . |
| 2 | Every young ram in the village had hung about the place , hunting for what they called a bit of moss . |
| 3 | Nor were they altogether at ease in the neighbourhood , for though there was no reason to suppose that the verderers would return in search of them after their escape — after all why should they suppose the children would return to the very spot where they had been captured ? — the shock of the moment when Michael 's voice had spoken to them out of the darkness still hung about the place . |
| 4 | The heady scent of blossom had hung about the churchyard . |
| 5 | So Adam slipped out of Castell Coch at dusk , and himself carried the word to Owen in his camp in the woods overlooking Cegidfa ; and a beggar who had hung about the gates for some days and been fed from the kitchens went after him every step of the way . |