Example sentences of "[verb] about [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gregson had called immediately and Houghton had explained about the fingerprints and how he was sure he now had positive identification of at least one of the bodies . |
| 2 | Two of the younger ones rather shyly explained about the workings of the creamery . |
| 3 | The superintendent explained about the name of the guest Nicola was expecting to meet . |
| 4 | In fact , working women were more independent and less likely to marry early ; and the real significance of this controversy was what it revealed about the ideological assumptions of ruling-class men . |
| 5 | I was nervous and frightened about the future , yet excited because of being so . |
| 6 | And what he said , prophesying about the future , saying what would happen in the future in this case . |
| 7 | He prowls about the place , you know , on his own , and dreams of springing a dazzling surprise on the archaeological world some day . |
| 8 | In the end Brodkey 's apparently stupendous equipment as a writer , that sense of an almost Flaubertian anxiety about pitch and cadence which plays about every sentence , can scarcely conceal the second-hand quality of his inventions . |
| 9 | Dorothy L. Sayers was writing her series of radio plays about the life of Christ called Man Born to Be King . |
| 10 | You must know how to go about a revision of this kind . |
| 11 | Here are some pointers on how to go about the writing task : 1 . |
| 12 | ‘ And if rumour were to go about the levels that the T'ang has lost something important and would clear a deck to find it ? |
| 13 | What 's , how , how 're you going to go about the problems , sort of talk through the stages . |
| 14 | Erm and I could see what they were after you know , an engineer has in his mind the plan and how to go about the thing and , and get it all done in a one-off situation . |
| 15 | He does n't know how to go about the work he has been put in charge of , and yet the successful solution of this case will be a great coup for him , politically . |
| 16 | And do n't believe all you think you 've heard about a Cobra being undrivable in anything but a straight line either . |
| 17 | She got told off for being late , but it was n't until the next day that Sally 's parents were phoned by the school who had heard about a gang of young people being at the hospital the previous night . |
| 18 | I 've heard about a roleplaying game called Maniac Mansion from US Gold . |
| 19 | Otis had heard about a special policy being offered by The Legal Protection Group , which you can add on to your motor insurance policy . |
| 20 | ‘ I 've heard about a chap who 's in close touch with a fellow who can always manage it . |
| 21 | We have heard about a planet called Vadinamia , where our stolen phetam may have been taken . |
| 22 | ‘ I 've heard about a gentleman who visits you every night at the theatre , ’ he said to his sister . |
| 23 | I 've heard about a cockatoo but you 're talking about the hens cockerels . |
| 24 | ‘ But since Sir Charles died , I have heard about a number of things that seem to be supernatural . |
| 25 | And then in between , I was to go round with him , say in the afternoons or some mornings , and he had heard about a fox somewhere . |
| 26 | I 've just heard about a very good antique shop opening over at Warmly . |
| 27 | Mm , I 'm sure you 'll find something in Marks and Spencers , I have heard about a new trick mum , how to con money out of Marks and Spencers |
| 28 | According to The Wall Street Journal , Washington first heard about the coup plans from the wife of the rebel leader , Major Moises Giroldi , nearly three weeks ago . |
| 29 | But as soon as Nate heard about the latest strike , that was it . |
| 30 | At the same time , hundreds of workers in the Midlands plants who had heard about the Pier Head meeting on the grapevine now decided to drive up to Liverpool to influence the return to work vote . |