‘she rearranged her skirt as she sat back in her chair’
‘Sieger is very tall, and out in the dark street his giant legs stride forth while I almost run at his side, clutching desperately at the side of my skirt, rearranging my bags to cover it.’
‘Jacqui was too busy rearranging her skirts after her untimely fall to notice our stiff conversation.’
‘She demurely rearranged her skirts and sat with her back erect.’
‘If we played Dublin next Saturday, they would probably put out the same six forwards, foolishly rearranging them in different positions.’
‘By touching the white boards or by using magnetic pointers teachers and pupils can alter and rearrange the information displayed.’
‘He rose from his crouching position, rearranging his hair so that it no longer blocked the better part of his plain of vision.’
‘It just copies particles' positions, and rearranges ones in the present to fit into the instruments.’
‘Mathis remarkably rearranges himself into standing position, and holds out his hand.’
‘Further settlement or secondary consolidation may then occur in the long term as the soil particles adjust and rearrange themselves to the applied load.’
‘For example, if he noticed that I had dressed carelessly or improperly, he would come over and rearrange my shirt, adjust my robe and so on.’
‘Another adjustment might be to rearrange office furniture to create extra space for someone using a wheelchair or an assistance dog.’
‘Wherever we rounded the corner we'd find that someone had subtly rearranged the scenery.’
‘Disruption is inevitably compounded by having to rearrange the team to change positions and adjust tactics, rather than make a straight swap.’
‘Here, music is rearranged and recontextualized, but the original recordings are not altered.’
‘The position of the flats was rearranged each time they were watered.’
‘She bent over the eleven sticks and rearranged them so that they were in this position.’
‘Flopping back on his back and sighing, he gave the blanket a futile tug then attempted to rearrange himself for a more comfortable position.’
‘He slowly willed his numb limbs to rearrange themselves into an upright position.’
‘I think it's a sign we travel with way too many electronics, but nonetheless, four are on the desktop so you don't have to go rearranging the furniture to charge up.’
‘Instead of watching television the book suggests activities such as filing, dusting and rearranging your pictures.’