Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] about [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | It 's a handy program for anyone who needs to send a large variety of business letters and who does n't want to faff about thinking of the right thing to say . |
2 | Erm , women do n't just want to write about knitting , erm |
3 | The kids did n't want to know about life outside Battle Creek . |
4 | ‘ Why do you want to know about chinchilla ? |
5 | for instance , you may want to know about training , holidays or canteen facilities ( see p. 27 on gathering background information ) ; |
6 | Perhaps the relationship is still continuing , but the boyfriend does not want to know about pregnancy . |
7 | Anyway , the clergyman who came to look after those who were C of E got to know about Grandma 's skill as a sewer and also knew that a little bit of extra money would be welcome in her household . |
8 | Oh Barbara phoned to see about woodcraft , she said Steve had , or well either her or Steve 'd take them . |
9 | … and anything you want to know about Shell |
10 | ‘ You want to know about Jeopardy ? |
11 | Sample this crucial guide to everything you want to know about sex with these questions from SHE readers who were n't afraid to ask . |
12 | Ms Devonald said : ‘ The competition will help the young people to say what they want to know about smoking , which will help them and other classes in the school to be better informed about smoking . ’ |
13 | He says it may be worth up to nine thousand pounds , and it 's also valuable to historians who want to know about Iron Age society . |
14 | If , for example , you want to know about punctuation in the seventeenth century , marriage laws in nineteenth-century Canada , the history of the Elizabethan stage , or current theories of myth or symbol , this is one place well worth looking . |
15 | ‘ I do n't know about that , but if you really want to know about team orders there is only man to ask Frank ( Williams ) , ’ was Hill 's reply . |
16 | It is only when one moves into the realms of complicated , multi-column pages which have several different sizes and styles of print with perhaps some photographs as well that the user really needs to worry about page makeup software . |
17 | This is because wires used in practice ( e.g. copper ) are non-magnetic : we do n't need to worry about boundary conditions at all . |
18 | To keep the example simple , assume that there is no depreciation so that we do not need to worry about replacement investment . |
19 | In conclusion , how much you as an artist needs to know about bird structure and character is your choice . |
20 | Featuring winning looks from the 1992 L'Oréal Colour Trophy Awards , commercial looks from leading hairdressers around the country plus technical advice on products used , this glossy book provides all the client needs to know about hair colour . |
21 | They will also need to know about lobbying and negotiating and how to work effectively with the bureau management committee as well as how to manage staff meetings . |
22 | Local education authorities will need to know about expenditure decisions so that they can monitor the effects and advise other governing bodies addressing the same question later . |
23 | So apart from that you do n't need to know about ox do you . |
24 | Why do we need to know about osmosis ? |
25 | What do they need to know about homosexuality for ? ’ |
26 | However , if you are unable to seek professional help , do read one of the following really excellent books which will tell you everything you will ever need to know about healing through diet : Leslie Kenton 's Biogenic Diet and Celia Wright 's The Wright Diet . |
27 | Yeah , another element , but what did , what did I need to know about Host ? |
28 | De Sade said that if one wants to know about death one should look at sexual excitement . |
29 | If the hon. Gentleman wants to know about claptrap , he should listen to what he has just said . |
30 | Someone else wants to know about VAT on thoroughbred horse breeders . |