bang about
bang around

There was no way to get the wounded man up without considerable banging about.

"It's hard enough getting them bedded down without you lot banging about."

He banged about the room futilely for some moments, trying to get out.

Moon-Face went into his house, and they heard him banging about loudly.

She bangs about the kitchen unable to free herself.

"It's certainly had a lot of banging about, Pan," she whispered.

Then they crouched, too shaken to speak, while the storm banged about them.

So I went with it when it was banged about 10 times against the ceiling.

I am tired of being banged about the head by ignorant sods.

When somebody uses the water, the pipes they knock and bang about like builders on a building site.

Suddenly I heard a huge bang about 50ft away.

She banged about in the dark, and in due course pressed an object into his hand.

"It's real enough," I assured him, "even if it is a little banged about.

He banged about loudly, wanting her to wake up.

He twisted to the living room; there, they banged about, upsetting furniture in the struggle.

We could hear them banging about, shifting things and wondered nervously if we were in for another move.

I heard you banging about at three o'clock in the morning and your room stinks like a brewery.

He banged about in the scullery, hunting for wire.

Her own heart was thumping, banging about in her chest like a tennis ball.

I thought the banging about would put out the coils of slow match burning in the bottom."

Sarah must have heard me banging about.

I hurt from all that banging about.

He'd been told this much: that while he was badly banged about he wasn't beyond repair.

Otherwise there is some comic banging about.

We had quite a scene, what with her banging about trying to get to Bob, and Bob locking himself up in his office.