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Meanings of nosed about in inglês
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Usage of nosed about in inglês
1
Business leaders say banks are being too hard- nosed about business lending.
2
He had nosed about the law, but did not practise it.
3
He nosed about every windfall that he came to, and investigated the thickets.
4
He nosed about into corners and made little excursions on his own account.
5
Later a drifting boat nosed about among the reeds at the water's edge.
6
It ignored a duckling that nosed about in some nearby reeds.
7
He nosed about, picking up potato peelings, and bits of bacon.
8
Buttons nosed about for a moment, a questioning look coming into her face.
9
He seemed to understand, and to thank her as he nosed about her neck.
10
It was nosed about at the docks in Syioned.
11
I used to be much more hard- nosed about this and about a lot of other things.
12
Coal-dust cracked under his feet as he nosed about among the boilers, looking for one in action.
13
Wilde and myself nosed about joyously, chalking the name of our unit on every door within reach.
14
In sympathy with his master's mood, the dog was quiet, and merely nosed about among the rubbish.
15
Upon this Jewel stroked the pony over and over lovingly, and he nosed about her in a friendly way.
16
Patience says she hopes it will not become common; it is too fine to be nosed about by the ordinary.
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