Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paging from Vodapage gives busy people like you the freedom to go about your business and get the message . |
| 2 | But perhaps it would be nice if somebody gave you a gift voucher for Christmas and it said an eyebrow trim , and you were dying to have an eyebrow trim but you did n't know where to come , and perhaps you were a little bit frightened about having one , so , it might , you know , get you to come into the salon . |
| 3 | Jenny was in her dressing-gown , her blonde hair tumbled about her face , which was bereft of make-up , the eyes puffy from weeping . |
| 4 | John Hasted , professor of physics at Birkbeck College , University of London , and an investigator of the paranormal , was very wary when told that Shaw and Edwards had been fakers ‘ It 's possible that it 's true , ’ he told New Scientist Asked about his conclusions from his own work he said ‘ I accept that there are , shall we say , pulses of paranormal action which take the form of mini-acoustical shock waves . |
| 5 | I also associate myself with his kind remarks about his predecessor , my good friend and colleague George Buckley . |
| 6 | I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his kind remarks about the work of the Select Committee on European legislation made during the debate on 21 November . |
| 7 | The tiresome twosome asked about shares in For Eyes : their PE ratio , dividend yield , and a host of other conversation-stoppers that all left the trainee dealer tongue-tied and credulous . |
| 8 | In order to find out more of what this writer thinks about imitation , we are in a position to consult a work by him where a treatise on the subject is developed at intervals and where he writes in propria persona . |
| 9 | It was a superb opportunity to enthuse about RTI 's products . |
| 10 | Freed hair fluttered about her eyes in soft , damp lashes . |
| 11 | A slight difficulty arose about whether he might type the extracts . |
| 12 | Because for some people there may be a value judgement made about it . |
| 13 | If a man perceives a necklace placed about his neck to be a noose , then he will expect to be hanged . |
| 14 | A 250 W infra-red reflector bulb placed about 0·3 m above the specimen dries the film in about 10 min . |
| 15 | Horribly aware of her own dishevelled state , her tousled hair tumbling about her flushed cheeks , Rory pulled herself up to her full height , summoning up all the strength she possessed to glare regally back at him . |
| 16 | On March 17 the Albanian Foreign Ministry protested about the incidents to the Greek ambassador in Tirana , claiming that there was " systematic mistreatment " of Albanian would-be migrants [ see also pp. 38690 ; 38775 ] |
| 17 | On July 15 the Iranian Foreign Ministry protested about the action of some 230 United Kingdom members of parliament ( MPs ) in signing on the previous day a statement supporting the exiled National Council of Resistance , which was dominated by the Mojahedin-e Khalq . |
| 18 | Of course debate about the National Curriculum has been around a lot longer , but its popularisation and public debate is a relatively recent phenomenon . |
| 19 | Only the sightscreen manufacturers will do badly out of this idea , and I have no room in my heart to worry about them . |
| 20 | State definitions of needs do n't include the opportunity to know about God . |
| 21 | They are too busy making money to worry about paying bills . |
| 22 | There is a specific statutory provision scattered about , children 's services particularly , where children have to be consulted . |
| 23 | ‘ Does your sister know about this ? ’ he asked , tapping the wallet . |
| 24 | Branson did not need them to tell him the damage that could be done to the airline 's reputation by a story appearing about engine failure on the day before the inaugural flight . |
| 25 | And that 's what I would have thought was proper for the board to know about . |
| 26 | It is the first time a former officer has been given permission to write about MI5 since Sir Percy Sillitoe , the post-war head of the service , published his memoirs in 1955 . |
| 27 | Does your mum know about you . |
| 28 | The oral hygiene index carried about the same level of increased risk for total mortality as for the incidence of coronary heart disease . |
| 29 | And there will be opportunities to apply for support from the British Film Institute and elsewhere erm in order that we can expand er what we 're doing in that area and I , I just wanted to let the board know about that and to say that erm er this is the route that I 'm currently taking and erm I will be reporting to them when there are specific developments and that I hope that you approve of er me attempting to expand our provision in this area . |
| 30 | The crest of hair added about a foot to his height but he was no shrimp without it . |