Example sentences of "[v-ing] about [pers pn] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of them went through the ritual of gazing about them with curious eyes in search of a familiar face among the crowds . |
| 2 | ‘ There must be many ways of making this place snugger , ’ argued Charles , looking about him with fresh eyes . |
| 3 | There 's a proof because so if two people were contemplating the proof of the infinity of primes they would n't be going about it in different ways , erm , if they 're contemplating the proof , they 'd be contemplating exactly the same steps in the same order . |
| 4 | Only nothing happened the next day and Chesarynth knew she was right not to trust herself because she could n't tell waking from dreams of an endless corridor with people whispering about her behind locked doors . |
| 5 | If you want to find out about how he feels about being faithful , try talking about it in abstract terms — talk about the latest celebrity scandal , or friends in this situation — and see how he responds . |
| 6 | Well I think there 's a difficulty here because I think one of the questions is a matter of perspective erm how do you define how you define what sexual harassment is is to an extent a factor of your perspective on the question in that I think that tutors who have been thinking about it in recent years , and women tutors , who have taken the lead in it , have tended to think about the implications from the institutional perspective , that is how do tutors behave to their students and in what ways may that affect students ' studies and their live in the college . |