Example sentences of "[verb] about [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The superintendent explained about the name of the guest Nicola was expecting to meet .
2 I was nervous and frightened about the future , yet excited because of being so .
3 And what he said , prophesying about the future , saying what would happen in the future in this case .
4 He prowls about the place , you know , on his own , and dreams of springing a dazzling surprise on the archaeological world some day .
5 In the end Brodkey 's apparently stupendous equipment as a writer , that sense of an almost Flaubertian anxiety about pitch and cadence which plays about every sentence , can scarcely conceal the second-hand quality of his inventions .
6 Dorothy L. Sayers was writing her series of radio plays about the life of Christ called Man Born to Be King .
7 You must know how to go about a revision of this kind .
8 He does n't know how to go about the work he has been put in charge of , and yet the successful solution of this case will be a great coup for him , politically .
9 Here are some pointers on how to go about the writing task : 1 .
10 Erm and I could see what they were after you know , an engineer has in his mind the plan and how to go about the thing and , and get it all done in a one-off situation .
11 ‘ I 've heard about a gentleman who visits you every night at the theatre , ’ he said to his sister .
12 And do n't believe all you think you 've heard about a Cobra being undrivable in anything but a straight line either .
13 She got told off for being late , but it was n't until the next day that Sally 's parents were phoned by the school who had heard about a gang of young people being at the hospital the previous night .
14 And then in between , I was to go round with him , say in the afternoons or some mornings , and he had heard about a fox somewhere .
15 ‘ I 've heard about a chap who 's in close touch with a fellow who can always manage it .
16 I 've heard about a cockatoo but you 're talking about the hens cockerels .
17 We have heard about a planet called Vadinamia , where our stolen phetam may have been taken .
18 I 've heard about a roleplaying game called Maniac Mansion from US Gold .
19 ‘ But since Sir Charles died , I have heard about a number of things that seem to be supernatural .
20 He had heard about the lack of hospitals , the lack of schools ; heard that the same conditions exist throughout the Third World .
21 None of them had heard about the recall .
22 He also asked her to keep an eye on his widow because he had heard about the carrying-on with the women-folk .
23 The merits of the plaintiff 's objections to the means of valuation do not appear from the report , and did not need to , because this was a striking-out application under RSC Ord 18 , r19 , which allows no evidence to be heard about the case that the plaintiff wished to make .
24 But have you heard about the metamorphosis demonstration out on the main plaza ?
25 have you heard about the wallet fiasco ?
26 Oh I 've heard about the abbey yeah .
27 No , it 's just a general enquiry , really , I I guess erm , erm , you you 've , through you Chairman , I I 've I 've heard about the involvement of officers , but I wonder what extent there is involvement of of of members in the the the process of preparing those reports and presentations of the report , is is there any member comment on that .
28 We 've heard about the Education Area , but there is one very important unit that works largely in the wider community , and that is the Centre for Continuing Education .
29 And I 've heard about the problem on these new Glory models too . ’
30 The method today is with beaters and guns , but in the 18th and 19th centuries the sound of horn and hounds was often heard about the village .
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