“Mr. Carey sat up and disentangled himself from the rug ABOUT his legs.”—OF HUMAN BONDAGE by W. Somerset Maugham
“He put the money on the dresser shelf and placed on top of it his camera in its case, presumably to stop it blowing ‘ABOUT’ when the door was opened.” (Blood Lines by Ruth Rendell)
There are plenty of these in Ruth Rendell’s books.