Example sentences of "[verb] it about [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The scientific age , with its new chemical and metallurgical industries , produced more pollution and spread it about more than any previous epoch . |
| 2 | Market forces would then bring it about that ‘ bad ’ schools would simply wither away , or be compelled to become ‘ good ’ , if they were to remain open . |
| 3 | these be a bit user friendly , cor blimey , just cut it about all things down and put a chocolate strip in , plenty of room in the handle |
| 4 | To expect a man to understand it about another man 's son is expecting a very great deal . ’ |
| 5 | So it was something in my subconscious trying to push me from infantile dependency to maturation that brought it about that , in the dream , I could not find the inn again . |
| 6 | Microsoft Corp 's UK flackery is putting it about that Inside Windows NT by Helen Custer has sold more copies than Madonna 's weighty ‘ Sex ’ tome . |
| 7 | Microsoft Corp 's UK flackery is putting it about that Inside Windows NT by Helen Custer has sold more copies than Madonna 's weighty Sex tome . |
| 8 | Now she 'd got to have a double punishment , still she would soon put it about that Elissia and Daryl had planted the spider in Mary- Lou 's desk . |
| 9 | Knowing Louis 's concern for the Holy Land in 1147 he had led the French army on the Second Crusade — he put it about that all he really wanted to do was put his own house in order , make proper provision for his children , and then he would be off on crusade in his lord 's company . |
| 10 | On a visit to Mrs Chamberlin she explained that she did not like to leave her aunt and would from then on come only once a week , and she put it about that for the moment , neither she nor her aunt would be at home on Wednesday afternoons . |
| 11 | Er , and if I said it about any television programme you had watched . |
| 12 | So if you find a good Irish joke and want to tell it about another local or ethnic group you could do so . |
| 13 | Their use as a screen or selector seems to dictate the curriculum rather than merely to reflect it , and to bring it about that easily measurable accomplishments should be given priority , the repeating of acquired factual information , or the mechanical performance of skills picked up without understanding . |