Example sentences of "[verb] about [pers pn] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet , I am not writing about him for the above reasons , it 's rather on account of an unlikely weakness of his than for one of his many strengths . |
| 2 | They do n't pay me much , but I 'm looking about me for a good opportunity . |
| 3 | ‘ Bring a horse , ’ said Hotspur , rearing up fiercely and looking about him for the nearest serviceable squire , ‘ and get him on to it . |
| 4 | That 's what I I 've thought about it for a long |
| 5 | She suffered so much when he did casuals that he 'd lied about it for a long time . |
| 6 | We talked about her for a long time , and I think our Chairman was impressed . |
| 7 | Fred thought about it for a few seconds . |
| 8 | He thought about it for a few moments , but said nothing except that he did not understand why a second shoe had been stolen . |
| 9 | I thought about it for the prescribed two days , chanting , ‘ How do I get her to sign the form ? — How do I get her to sign the form ? ’ , then switched on the wireless in the middle of a biblical play about Moses and God 's voice boomed out of the speakers : |
| 10 | James bowed ironically and offered them the document ; Alexander Menzies pretended to think about it for a full five minutes and signed it with extraordinary flourishes that made the pen splutter and seemed to say , ‘ Very well , I will humour your ridiculous ritual . ’ |
| 11 | Well think about it for a long time |
| 12 | Think about it for a few days , that 's all I ask of you . |
| 13 | Pain relief is important in myocardial infarction , but let that not be an excuse for filling a patient with opiates and then forgetting about him for the next 2 hours as he quietly rots his myocardium in some corner of the accident and emergency department . |