Example sentences of "[verb] about a " in BNC.
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| 1 | You must know how to go about a revision of this kind . |
| 2 | And do n't believe all you think you 've heard about a Cobra being undrivable in anything but a straight line either . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I 've heard about a roleplaying game called Maniac Mansion from US Gold . |
| 5 | Otis had heard about a special policy being offered by The Legal Protection Group , which you can add on to your motor insurance policy . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've heard about a chap who 's in close touch with a fellow who can always manage it . |
| 7 | We have heard about a planet called Vadinamia , where our stolen phetam may have been taken . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've heard about a gentleman who visits you every night at the theatre , ’ he said to his sister . |
| 9 | I 've heard about a cockatoo but you 're talking about the hens cockerels . |
| 10 | ‘ But since Sir Charles died , I have heard about a number of things that seem to be supernatural . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | I 've just heard about a very good antique shop opening over at Warmly . |
| 13 | 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 |
| 14 | They argued about a dissolution , about the course of the war , about the relations between politicians and the military . |
| 15 | No , I think she 's gone to see about a divorce . ’ |
| 16 | It had been the day he had gone to see about a job he had heard of for a general handyman who had some experience with animals . |
| 17 | I do n't honestly know , he said er , he 's got to go in for his test , he said , and then I 'll have to see about a car so I do n't know whether they 're gon na buy him one or not |
| 18 | I was watching Sky replays of the incident over tea and snickers at half time , and heard the pundits blathering about a handball by Rod Wallace which they could clearly see happening , but I could n't . |
| 19 | We got about a hundred napkins upstairs . |
| 20 | I got to , I got about a pound on me . |
| 21 | They were well known in Shakespeare 's time , for in A Midsummer Night 's Dream , Titania remarks about a period of unseasonable weather : |
| 22 | The word Freedom was being bandied about a lot at the time and meant many different things . |
| 23 | She goes about a bit — English women are a bit different from Canadians , you know , Hank . ’ |
| 24 | The test of a skill description is : does it indicate how an individual goes about a task , does it allow for individual differences such as those between a highly skilled operator and a mediocre one ? |
| 25 | At sixteen they had her married to a cousin who lived about a mile away . |
| 26 | The psychology of the patient is something that Michael Chapman thinks about a lot . |
| 27 | I 'M getting married in less than two months and I want to lose about a stone before then to get in shape for the big day . |
| 28 | Fear about a drugs epidemic fuelled this alarm ( MacGregor , 1989 ) . |
| 29 | Yeah , so what I 'm doing , I 'll these , gon na make about a hundred or one bit or a couple of bits and some butterfly cakes and the cakes and plates and cling film , charge them a quid , eight for a pound |
| 30 | Alter all , the swarm can only cover about a metre of ground every three minutes . |