Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [verb] about the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Women who spun , although there were very few of them , could earn around 15s , while the larger number who were employed as reelers or stretchers earned about the same .
2 There were close Manchester links , Morrissey and Gedge wrote about the real world ( in very different styles ) and the basic mental line-up was virtually the same .
3 ways of encouraging employers and providers to think about the European dimension when planning training and development
4 Boys and girls show about the same amount of pro-social behaviour .
5 The two are walking amid flowers and birds , and Phillario asks about the local beauties : ‘ What Nymph , O Shepherd ! reigns / The rural Toast of these delightful Plains ? ’
6 ‘ Oh , sorry , it was just something I heard Dad and Guy laughing about the other day .
7 When Giles heard about the out-of-date map in the dead man 's pocket , he was very excited .
8 WHEN PEOPLE talk about the good old days , they usually mean the 1920s to early 1950s .
9 But as soon as Nate heard about the latest strike , that was it .
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