Example sentences of "[verb] about it [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Food had become an obsession with everyone ; even the children talked and schemed about it constantly ; even the Padre , at this period , could hardly fall asleep without dreaming that ravens were coming to feed him but alas , no sooner did these winged waiters arrive with nourishment than he would wake up again . |
| 2 | He had the invention patented , and as soon as companies heard about it there was an offer of investment . |
| 3 | At the conclusion of The Return of the King , the third of the three books — Tolkien always denied they were a trilogy — Frodo and his friends ride back to their lost land , to discover that ‘ they cared about it more than any other place in the world ’ , though its cottages and gardens have been laid waste and replaced by ugly new houses and factories belching smoke ; and they defeat the ruffians who had defiled it and resume the kingdom of little men . |
| 4 | Howard smiles , and frowns , and thinks about it seriously as they all have tea in the orchard , and Miriam , in her dark glasses and clothes for motoring out to the country in , smokes furiously to keep away the insects , and chatters on about what happened when they went to dinner with the Chases the previous week , and Michael Wayland forgot Prue 's name . |
| 5 | They all agreed about it afterwards . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've travelled about it enough . |
| 7 | Er they grumble about it today but when you think there there there was very little dole in those days , very little dole . |
| 8 | He can laugh about it now , and has referred to it in many speeches since to very good effect ; but at the time it hurt . |
| 9 | We can laugh about it now , ca n't we , darling ? |
| 10 | We can laugh about it now . |
| 11 | Like Scarlett O'Hara — or , in my case , Maureen O'Hara — ‘ I 'll think about it tomorrow ’ Or Saturday , even . |
| 12 | Can you think about it just off the top of your head ? |
| 13 | Cos you ca n't think about it straight away . |
| 14 | the S O four and the N H four that 's a double negative and that 's a single positive it 's going to be two N H four S O four no erm let me think about it again er |
| 15 | I 'd rather not think about it yet . ’ |
| 16 | I just do n't think about it otherwise you do do n't you ? |
| 17 | You can not just hop on a train in Sweden , but must think about it carefully and purchase a ticket in advance . |
| 18 | ‘ I do think about it quite a lot , actually . |
| 19 | Do n't think about it any more ! ’ he answered comfortingly . |
| 20 | ‘ Do n't think about it too much , ’ Eve warned . |
| 21 | Or he 'd think about it too much . |
| 22 | stock responses like ‘ well , you know , we do n't really think about it that much , actually ’ , send the hearts of even the least demanding interviewer plummeting into their boots . |
| 23 | What did you think about it then Emma ? |
| 24 | I 'll think about it then |
| 25 | Abortion is free and Irina , 32 , a gynaecological surgeon , thinks that if women had to pay they might think about it more . |
| 26 | It 's a pity you did n't think about it more carefully three years ago — or maybe it 's just as well , ’ he mocked . |
| 27 | ‘ Do n't think about it now , Mum . ’ |
| 28 | " Do n't think about it now . " |
| 29 | ‘ Well , we must n't think about it now , ’ said Fenella in a practical voice . |
| 30 | Too tired to even think about it now , she said firmly , ‘ Goodnight , Phena , I 'll see you tomorrow , I expect . |