Example sentences of "[vb base] about a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fear about a drugs epidemic fuelled this alarm ( MacGregor , 1989 ) . |
| 2 | Surrounded by ‘ government furniture of polished yellow wood ’ , he proffers blandishing diminutives ; Mow about a spot of open window ? ’ ( okoshechko ) he asks the ready fainter . |
| 3 | Film of the real thing is an excellent way of challenging misconceptions or assumptions people make about a situation and a good aim for viewing tasks is to make trainees sharper in their perception of what is happening around them . |
| 4 | It always looked as if old Wicksy would remain a minor TV figure until his series Heartbeat about a country plod came along . |
| 5 | well there the sort that you only want about a couple at a time at the most |
| 6 | Powerless : David Ralston is furious that he has no say about a water main across his farm , next to the Balmore treatment plant seen in the background |
| 7 | He can be talking , say about a well , you know , about any er , about sa say a , a video recorder or something like that |
| 8 | Shake about a bit . |
| 9 | Rumours also abound about a herd of wild boars on the less frequented side of Ben Wyvis , that run snorting out of the mist without warning , charging with long vicious tusks at walkers unfortunate enough to step into their territory . |
| 10 | The hay rick well it was That was what I speak about a a a cole Tramp cole where the hay r Hay was the tramp cole . |
| 11 | These people worry about a backlash if free-market policies stall or if the social cost is too high . |
| 12 | The 1914 analogy remains potent in a nuclear age , where many observers worry about a drift to war resulting from the increasing automation of the battlefield and of command and control systems . |
| 13 | ‘ And you still worry about a foolish dream , when I 'm close to you ? |
| 14 | In Ackroyd 's life of Eliot we read about a major poet who was a good ventriloquist ; a man of multiple personality who swore by a principle of impersonality in art which he was later to unswear by locating The Waste Land in the stresses of a domestic life , and whose art bears the indelible signature of that distinctive protean character of his ; a man who was often miserable and tormented . |
| 15 | On the same page we read about a vision of Christ and a seeking forgiveness of the common people — two ideas which were abandoned . |
| 16 | The first time I read about a sex change something happened deep inside me : all my vague feelings about being a girl found a focus even though all the stories were about men who became ’ . |
| 17 | I read about a kind of pneumonia owls can sometimes get , which humans , too , can catch . |
| 18 | ‘ Given these cold facts I did not feel comfortable with any of the ideas we had until I read about a satellite mushroom farming venture being launched by Wilgro last spring , ’ said Mr Singleton . |
| 19 | Every letter contains a message — it may confirm an order , complain about a late delivery or clarify a point — but it also does a great deal more . |
| 20 | In reply to BS Berlyn 's letter in the December issue of Credit Management where he complain about a creditor 's inability to enforce judgment against its debtor when a winding-up petition has been presented against that debtor , I can only say that he is ignoring one of the fundamental concepts of English insolvency law , that all creditors should be treated equally when their debtor becomes insolvent . |
| 21 | ‘ I travel about a bit . |
| 22 | I save about a half of it . |
| 23 | Now as it approaches the witching hour of um the witching hour of ten to ten I suggest we all go and run about a little bit for for ten minutes and I 'll do something about some of the emotional effects and some of the therapies in the next hour for all those who 're interested hello tape recorder , there 'll be another hour in a minute . |
| 24 | By impacting with neighbouring particles they vibrate about a locus , and only appear to remain in a fixed position . |
| 25 | And you could say I get about a lot without meeting anybody . |
| 26 | Fuck me I think you get about a grand interest a week from a million , so living off 500quid a week ai nt too bad ( and you should be working so that s extra ) . |
| 27 | Some get about a pound a week , while on girl gets a pound a day , another five pounds a fortnight . |
| 28 | Today 's reading comes from Skulker Wheat , a collection of short stories by John Griffin which tell about a young boy 's working-class childhood . |
| 29 | So often we hear about a Homoeopathic remedy for colds or flu or arthritis etc . |
| 30 | It is important to remember that a very large percentage of jobs never come on to the open market but are filled from within the firm , by people applying ‘ on spec. ’ or by people who hear about a vacancy from friends or colleagues working in the same field . |