Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] about the " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE FIRST American anthropologist to enter rural China since the communist revolution has been expelled from Stanford University after writing about the barbaric birth control methods he witnessed in the Pearl River delta of south-east China . |
| 2 | At the next session , after enquiring about the patient 's well-being , the therapist should clarify precisely what happened when the patient attempted his task(s) . |
| 3 | He subsequently received a discount of just over £50 after complaining about the telephone charge . |
| 4 | After hearing about the latest methods of transporting troops about the battlefield , it is reassuring to know that the leg , foot and boot still work ! |
| 5 | ‘ He may have taken his life after hearing about the death of the family . ’ |
| 6 | For example , it is widely held that Egas Moniz was stimulated into developing the now largely abandoned technique of controlling psychological disorders by the use of psychosurgery after hearing about the ‘ beneficial ’ side-effects of frontal lobe removal in chimpanzees . |
| 7 | Mr Hart and his wife , Ruth , managed to get Mr Durrant invited after hearing about the planned celebrations . |
| 8 | After hearing about the founding of the Victoria Press , the audience took part in an animated debate , in which the question of wages was immediately raised . |
| 9 | After hearing about the case third-hand , one of the institution 's veterinary pathologists requested that herpes B virus infection be ruled out . |
| 10 | 400 people gathered at Groundwell Farm in Swindon after hearing about the illegal rave on a telephone hotline . |
| 11 | The town is in mourning after hearing about the two accidents at the weekend . |
| 12 | PC Whitehouse said he and WPC Larkin were shocked and upset after hearing about the shooting of the other officers over their radio . |
| 13 | After reading about the case , her natural parents phoned her mum and dad in Manchester . |
| 14 | police said the attacker probably planned to rape [ the 14-year-old schoolgirl ] in his car after reading about the ordeal of the motorway monster 's victims . |
| 15 | And it 's always worth remembering about the Crimean erm episode that Austria in essence intervenes on the side er er intervenes not so much on the side of Britain and France but against Russia . |
| 16 | One point worth remembering about the management of plants in containers ; they need watering , and in summer usually very frequently — daily if they are in pots and the weather is hot — so it pays to have as large a container as possible . |
| 17 | I hear you want a black British warm for prowling about the streets at night . |
| 18 | I lost my temper too — I 'm sorry for shouting about the fire . |
| 19 | He argues that if anyone questions the suitability of a designer as a captain of industry it displays the lack of understanding about the true nature of design that has plagued this country for many years . |
| 20 | Most surveys of the period present a flat , superficial descriptive account of the origins of the migrants , the historical sources , village , cemeteries , art-styles , Christianity , and lack any depth of understanding about the society involved . |
| 21 | ‘ The letter is personally addressed to Gerry Adams so it is up to him to reply to it , but the party 's position is that it highlights the MPs ' total lack of understanding about the situation here and our position in it , ’ he said . |
| 22 | She had just spent a weekend at home in Belfast dutifully admiring the latest Hennessy grandchild and enduring countless little digs about good Catholic girls and settling down to raise a family instead of racketing about the world enjoying herself — as if it was such a sin to enjoy life , for God 's sake , she thought angrily , and anyway six years as Sister in the accident and emergency department of the Audley Memorial in Suffolk hardly constituted racketing ! |
| 23 | The custom of writing about the Salons was well established , and had inspired brilliant writing by such an important figure in the eighteenth century as Diderot . |
| 24 | Joey plans to return to school and dreams of writing about the wild scenes he witnessed at Seth 's house — ‘ La Traviata in New Orleans , man , ’ he says . |
| 25 | Such anthropomorphising of the salty liquid that swills about the surface of the planet is prominent in an anthology of writing about the sea under the parameters Jonathan Raban has set himself as editor . |
| 26 | I mean , at the moment , instead of writing about the crap that is England I 'm writing about the crap that is America . |
| 27 | Quantification , of a kind , can be found in every type of writing about the world , while qualitative work is still central even in the most mathematised of sciences . |
| 28 | Shildon joined them and they had a comic argument over the relative merits of writing about the event for the business section , the gossip column or the news pages . |
| 29 | Third , he could not have failed to be reassured by the rising trend in his own popularity , which suggested ( to him at least ) that , in spite of grumbling about the stabilization plan , the people were still ready for the " high road " . |
| 30 | Instead of worrying about the marginal impact the Directive will have in Britain , the Government should be actively supporting it and thus helping establish stronger conservation safeguards in the rest of Europe , " said Dr Simon Lyster , WWF Senior Conservation Officer . |