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Next time he'd come by himself and spend all day pottering about.

During the day it's not so bad because I'm pottering about and doing things.

No, thank you, darling I'd like to potter about here.

“This is a very nice horse and we can potter about with him.

Every morning after breakfast she went out and was happy pottering about in it.

I remember before we were married he used to potter about with a paint-box.

People always seem to potter about on this section.

Individuals will bring their own boats to either challenge each other or simply potter about the harbour.

They all know the work perfectly, and do it far better by themselves than when you're just pottering about, getting in the way.

And he came into the bungalow that day to potter about a bit in the bathroom.

Logan spent the rest of the afternoon pottering about the flat.

"As an artist or musician, you learn to potter about and come up with things that way.

But he can potter about and garden, being a Griqua by birth.

His father got up; he heard him pottering about.

I found Stewart pottering about his garden in the dusk.

I do think that 10,000 miles sounds like quite a big mileage for someone who is just pottering about.

Why not sign up for a female friend, just to potter about with, rather than for a future partner?

She nodded, and started pottering about the garden while he watered.

"I suppose I've just always liked to potter about at my own pace," he reflects.

My sister and I were in heaven, pottering about.

They would like a reasonable amount of power, but will mainly be pottering about locally.

So you feel like someone's granny pottering about in the slow lane.

Pottering about and looking at things was what she liked. '

There will be more pottering about too: “I like to juggle with one ball at a time,” he says.

A few weeks ago he had been happily unemployed, a retired man pottering about on his own private business.