Example sentences of "[verb] about it the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | However , although these five writers belonged to a minority group in their society , and although they say that their experience derives from a source greater than human reason can comprehend , they are fired with a certainty that it is intimately related to the deepest needs and purposes of human being , and has about it the simple inevitability of fulfilment . |
2 | It literally , it literally means produce the body only you ca n't simply , well the difference between a constitutional system and er an arbitrary government is that in arbitrary governments people get arrested and disappear , locked up , throw away the key and worry about it the next generation or after the next er military coup or whatever but in a constitutional government there have to be procedures and one of the safeguards of individual liberty is that if you 're ever arrested and detained by law enforcement agencies you have to be produced before a court within a specified period and charged with something . |
3 | It took three and a half months and I was just wondering about it the whole time and I thought , ‘ Man , it 's either going to be so good that I 'm never going to want to play another guitar , or it 's going to suck . |
4 | Perhaps I was going about it the wrong way . |
5 | We are going about it the proper way and er nevertheless it will be assessed and costed at the end . |
6 | And we look forward to seeing some more publicity , between us we have fingers in many pies , and the more we know about it the more chance we have to spread the word around . |
7 | Night fishing can be enjoyable in its own right , even without the added attraction of fishing at the most likely times for fish to feed , but only if you go about it the right way . |
8 | But squatting itself is not illegal if you go about it the right way . |
9 | About the homework bit er I thought about it the other day and obviously mine was n't brought up we 're having a set detention night are n't we ? |
10 | ‘ Then clearly I have n't gone about it the right way . ’ |
11 | Her tone teasing , she added , ‘ If you went about it the right way I 'm positive you could have her eating out of your hand in no time at all . |
12 | ‘ She also said if you went about it the right way you could have me eating out of your hand . ’ |
13 | Now the carriage cleaning inspector had a good job if he went about it the proper way . |
14 | But they went about it the wrong way . |
15 | In spite of all the centuries which he had to learn about it the traditional ship-wright seemed to be unable to understand about shear . |
16 | And erm these things used to used to sort of wind the r the the the spring or the leather thong around th top and start it off to spinning you know and then you 'd keep whipping it like that and you could make these things jump into the air , in fact a friend of mine was telling me , we were talking about it the other day . |
17 | I was talking about it the other day and you go and it all comes , it hurts and , and it comes out and you ca n't even hold it down either cos it just comes in your mouth dribbles out the side . |
18 | Anyhow , he , he bakes bread and he was talking about it the other day and I said oh that 's lovely homemade bread . |