Example sentences of "[vb past] about the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Rather , they lived in practical uncertainty , often felt threatened , and then argued about the justice and permanence of the new order created for them . |
| 3 | Everyone argued about the jury . |
| 4 | They argued about the hound that evening , and as they argued Stapleton told her about Mrs Lyons . |
| 5 | And no matter how the experts argued about the legitimacy of descent through the female line , nevertheless the people recognised no bar , and the council had accepted it as just and right when Richard , in view of his childlessness , had been urged to name his heir presumptive , and had named Philippa 's elder son , Roger , earl of March . |
| 6 | Philosophers argued about the existence of God . |
| 7 | Then argued about the wisdom of drinking before an overnight sail . |
| 8 | backing up , when I er , at , at the appeal , the medical centre made a very long presentation over the proximity , the closeness to their erm , surgery and they argued about the height of buildings , now it got passed as sheltered united , er , which means elderly and quiet occupancy . |
| 9 | And although none of the critics called him a genius for playing in them , none argued about the extent of his talent either . |
| 10 | In the snail darter case the justices of the Supreme Court argued about the proper way to read the Environmental Protection Act . |
| 11 | pecked about the paving-stones , |
| 12 | I know she were , she were brick shit she were , I said to Lyn I said I 'm bloody sure , I could have actually , she , she were nearly eating out of my arm , in them last few weeks , I 'll tell you , ooh the encouragement I got about the driving ooh I ca n't do it Lyn and when I comes in that day the first test I had she 'd made a great big fucking cake |
| 13 | Well , I must admit I got about the bottom mark . |
| 14 | The acrid smell of smoke clung about the place , black smudges streaking the walls and the floor where a fire had burned itself out . |
| 15 | According to Moschion , who lived about the third century BC but wrote in the spirit of a century or two earlier , it was due to Time — ‘ the begetter and nurturer of all things ’ — that ‘ The earth , once barren , began to be ploughed by yoked oxen , towered cities arose , men built sheltering homes and turned their lives from savage ways to civilized . ’ |
| 16 | Secondly , he cared about the intellectual question in religious life . |
| 17 | It would be a mistake , however , to dismiss this aspect of the Liberal reform programme as being of no legislative or historical significance , at least in so far as the preceding details have revealed that the different schemes were the result of much thought and argument on the part of a number of interest groups , each of which cared about the transition process , believing it to be critical for the economic and moral welfare of working-class youth . |
| 18 | Surely she was too thin by far for a man 's taste , yet the one at her side today was a toff and no mistake , and it was obvious he cared about the girl by the way he kept looking at her with concern in his eyes . |
| 19 | There was something corrupt about the extent to which the British in Northern Nigeria cared about the loyalty of their subjects , and the lengths to which they went to cultivate what could in the end only be an illusion of mutual respect . |
| 20 | ‘ They 'd care as little about him as they cared about the two bombers who died in the van . ’ |
| 21 | I think he cared about the murder of a world . ’ |
| 22 | Among friends and neighbours a farm worker 's skill was appreciated and he neither knew nor cared about the reputation of farm workers outside . |
| 23 | He was not sure that he cared about the plot , if one existed . |
| 24 | You felt that she passionately cared about the French soldiers and made sure they won the war . |
| 25 | Born again , a true believer , he did charity work : he cared about the poor and the disadvantaged … |
| 26 | ‘ There I only cared about the money and all the other teachers were the same . |
| 27 | A church that is dedicated to a gentle , caring man who cared about the poor , instead of helping the man who needs help and who is literally sitting on the doorstep , is showing tourists paintings , especially commissioned to educate the illiterate about God , is not even showing them to the illiterate . |
| 28 | And , if they could show him that they really cared about the Store , he would come out again and put a stop to all these problems and re-establish the Store here , in this green unpleasant land . |
| 29 | While the Doctor stalked about the room , or fiddled with the door , or argued with the guards , the three others had sat on the floor and exchanged their stories . |
| 30 | The child slept , sated with the wagon-restaurant food , and Albert mooched about the room and fought with the bed-sized pillow that the Swiss take to be practical as an eiderdown . |