Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [noun] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean flipping talk about keeping it a secret ! |
| 2 | Because every individual is different XYZ Foods do not make specific claims about the amount of weight loss to expect , but most people will lose three pounds or more . |
| 3 | There is only one thing to say about the Home Secretary 's speech : I have heard more intellectual contributions from Lord Waddington on the subject , and I never believed that I would make that statement about anyone holding the office of Home Secretary . |
| 4 | My Working Group recommended that knowledge about language should be an integral part of work in English , not a separate body of knowledge to be added on to the traditional English curriculum . |
| 5 | Again did you convey that information about Mr go Superintendent ? |
| 6 | While many users have developed joyous fantasies about what a 256 megabit DRAM will do for them , others are somewhat concerned about whether an alliance between these three giants will adversely affect the performance of the DRAM market . |
| 7 | It uses the database to access , capture and track complete profiles about customers , the products they have installed , and how they use them . |
| 8 | Then the mesh , she told Sally the next time she saw her , I 'm sorry I made that mistake about you having a sister she said to Sally , I 've written to tell mother you 've said you have n't one she must of been mistaken what your mother said . |
| 9 | Before the pupils were given the opportunity to interview each other about any subject , they were instructed to try to avoid questions which would only require monosyllabic responses , and , instead , think of questions that would encourage extended answers . |
| 10 | Dr. Elliott detects in it ‘ a desire by the composer to accommodate progressive ideas about clear word-setting and harmonic , chordal idioms ’ : he has elsewhere invoked the violent and repressive political climate of the time , and seen an attempt by Carver to compromise — in a period of Protestant fundamentalism which had limited the formerly sumptuous musical presentations in the Chapel Royal to plainchant and Faburden improvised upon it — with the strictly harmonically-conceived music of English Reformation composers . |
| 11 | He would make disparaging remarks about her goose pimples . |
| 12 | It is essential to assure that information about its meaning , form , format , medium , mode , content , context , usage , and even how it was originally distributed in society is retained . |
| 13 | Children develop emotional ambivalence about these prohibitions , stemming from their wish to touch and play with their genitals . |
| 14 | I mean that idea about comfortable uncomfortable |
| 15 | However , in relation to an experiment with the Debendox-related drug , the tribunal found proved that McBride had given conflicting evidence about its details to two court cases involving claims against a drug company . |
| 16 | Had you said this first instead of producing emotional gush about the hospital 's welfare , we could have saved a good deal of time . |
| 17 | Taxpayers , at least through the political process , might find such hard data useful , as broad rules of thumb to confirm subjective perceptions about performance . |
| 18 | A network of farmers and gamekeepers used CB radios to alert each other about suspicious activity . |
| 19 | Typically it means that steps are taken to ensure that women do not take away a proportion of the kin group 's resources when they marry — which can mean variously , that women 's sexuality is tightly controlled , that women are given little choice about whom they marry , that there is a preference for choosing marriage partners from within the kin groups ( Tillion , 1983 ; Goddard , 1987 ) . |
| 20 | Already I 've heard aghast whispers about the details of the Milwaukee cannibal : ‘ Do you know , ’ they hiss in your ear , ‘ he cut out one chap 's bicep , fried it on a griddle and ate it for his breakfast ? ’ |
| 21 | Certainly got that look about her . |
| 22 | Various pressure groups make that point about both the London terminuses . |
| 23 | Isambard would make little ado about hanging a marauding boy who had attempted his life , especially one who was no business of the county justices or the crown , and had no one in England to take his part . |
| 24 | I hate this thing about you know you 're making a tt er er you 're setting an example for the rest of the school , you know . |
| 25 | He had heard some talk about an accident . |
| 26 | It is sometimes noticeable that teachers who would blush to begin a lesson without the requisite number of sharp pencils and sheets of properly stencilled paper , make unrealistic assumptions about the hospitality and usefulness of the stock of the school library , or worse , the local public library branch . |
| 27 | gain detailed information about the behaviour problem |
| 28 | erm and they should comment this week about what extra bits they think they could perhaps cover . |
| 29 | Jane Lucas offers some explanations about their behaviour in Body Language on page 36 which will help your understanding of the noble equine . |
| 30 | Merely imagining the contexts in which we encounter electronic systems offers some ideas about the diversity of electronically stored information . |