Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] about the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you 've followed the plot so far , you 'll see what I mean about the conglomeration of bits and pieces from different instruments that have been amassed for this guitar . |
| 2 | I forget about the flash of white . |
| 3 | SOON after leaving hospital following an urgent operation for cancer of the stomach I read about the ordeal of Dr Nigel Cox who gave a lethal injection to a suffering patient . |
| 4 | No , it was n't until I read about the murder in the paper that I thought any more about it . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've always been very aware that I needed to give something back after this experience and when I read about the appeal for people prepared to give homes to the Bosnians , I decided it was time I stepped in . ’ |
| 6 | I know about the scourge of unemployment , because my family suffered badly from it . |
| 7 | We corresponded , and he taught me almost all I know about the conductivity of electricity and its effect on those bodies through which it passes . |
| 8 | I know about the deal on the paintings . |
| 9 | ‘ I know about the seal of confession . |
| 10 | I accept that one can make some criticisms about Labour local authorities , but what I dislike about the Secretary of State 's usual contribution is that it is so cliche d , simplistic and grotesque . |
| 11 | I speculate about the number of hours Fairfax has spent , drink in hand , on insect-bombarded verandahs and stoeps . |
| 12 | I ask about the price of an old writing table . |
| 13 | I think about the mood of Greece , |
| 14 | They are n't , and I wonder about the mentality of their keepers. — . |
| 15 | I wonder about the family of my sister 's friend . |
| 16 | To explain just why , you will have to bear with me while I explain about the naming of modern medical potions . |
| 17 | It is precisely because I care about the future of humanity that I am undertaking this work . ’ |
| 18 | I care about the quality of jobs I do |
| 19 | ‘ If you mean about the girl in the car , she says there was no girl . |
| 20 | And If what you say about the state of his finances is true then he 'd have every reason for faking his death to escape the music . |
| 21 | ‘ I 've wondered about the implications of the placing of the head in the font , ’ Theodora said thoughtfully , ‘ and what you say about the possibility of its being a symbolic gesture . |
| 22 | You worry about the size of your penis . |
| 23 | ‘ Forget all you read about the glamour of Television . |
| 24 | On page 74 you read about the procedure for giving change . |
| 25 | So next time you complain about the price of products in the supermarket , remember what you do n't have to pay for . |
| 26 | English painters who complain about the persistence of green should imagine a landscape that for hours on end is the bright colour of Heinz tomato soup , spiked with the burnt black twigs of the wattle bushes and bottlebrush trees . |
| 27 | Leakey said he tells farmers who complain about the cost of chemicals to employ labourers to clear pests . |
| 28 | So there are a host of clues there if you like about the sort of things that people will actually do and these are all underlaid by an attitude . |
| 29 | And they tell the story you know about the Welshman from or erm or somewhere , emigrating to America and heard about all his life as being the great Welsh centre . |
| 30 | ‘ Tell me what you know about the chap off the telly . |