Example sentences of "[pers pn] [is] [vb pp] about the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you 're looking at her and she 's battered about the face and all that then initially it appears more credible than someone who comes in with no visible signs of injury . |
| 2 | She tells me others agree — and she 's thrilled about the phone calls which followed last night 's local radio slot . |
| 3 | Others , such as the ideas of perceiving , willing , and doubting , come from ‘ reflection ’ , from our ‘ perception of the operations of our own minds … as it is employed about the ideas it has got [ from sensation ] ’ . |
| 4 | When he is challenged about the Opposition 's attitude to trade union legislation , the hon. Gentleman says that that is a matter of public record . |
| 5 | As publisher and chief executive of the New York Times , he is bashed about the ears by almost everybody he meets . |
| 6 | Rather he is informed about the situation and the purpose of informing him is to provide a knowledge base from which he can work out his own actions . |