Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] about [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I do n't think I 'd better think about that . |
| 2 | It will then follow that the following are gestural usages , though the sense of gesture is here , of course , vocal : ( 28 ) Harvey can only speak about this loud ( 29 ) Do n't do it now , but NOW ! |
| 3 | Presumably this made it possible to combine touch and smell information , though we can only guess about this . |
| 4 | I happen to get on with most of them and , even if there 's things we do n't necessarily love about each other , we just let it be . ’ |
| 5 | This is drawn up by the curriculum committee , which argues that since God , death , suffering and the purpose of life are all at the heart of religion , and since children sometimes ask questions about them , the class teacher should not only teach about these matters , but be subject both to assessment procedures and to official inspection . |
| 6 | if they ca n't , we 'd better enquire about that I wonder how little went on with his knee ? |
| 7 | Ishmael had been reared experiencing a hard life in the desert , suffering from hunger , thirst , loneliness — but I need not think about that again — not today . |
| 8 | No , not at all , and then , even in her confused state , her mind shied away from the reasons for her distaste , and she found herself saying even through her pain and shock , ‘ I will not think about that , I will not , ’ and so saying she stopped struggling and sank back into oblivion once more . |
| 9 | But one simply must not think about this ; at any rate , I am enjoying myself while it lasts . |
| 10 | Being British , one would not gush about such things ; winemaker , jazz-lover and poet Andre Ostertag , being French , has no such qualms . |
| 11 | A spokesman for the British Army of the Rhine would not confirm or deny whether the documents were genuine , saying yesterday : ‘ We do not comment about these matters . ’ |
| 12 | But now , my dear fellows , let's just think about this a moment , shall we ? |
| 13 | I 'll be talking in a few moments time about aviation travel and the risks and , indeed , the trends that are being reflected at the present time , but erm before we move to that let's just think about those of us who perhaps have decided we wo n't go abroad . |
| 14 | Right , let's just think about these . |
| 15 | I do not know about that kind of radical suggestion , but the police were very successful last year in closing down four domestic manufacturers of Ecstasy — hence the fact that most of the drug being sold on our streets comes from abroad , some from continental Europe . |
| 16 | ‘ That woman did not know about such birthmarks . |
| 17 | I did not know about any of this , because they had put a sleeping powder in my wine , and I was in a deep sleep . |
| 18 | You do not know about these things . |
| 19 | We shall see that , said I , and he answered unabashed , with the invisible instruments twanging and humming and jangling all over the room , ‘ You may see it , but you must not speak about this or anything that has passed here , for I have silenced you as surely as if I had cut out your tongue . ’ |
| 20 | Cameron did not mind about that , even when Harvey Broadribb , who had been at Juillard with him , won the Academy Award for his work on the movie . |
| 21 | For the examiner may not agree that the fact is implied in the question ; but he will not mind about this if he sees that your assumption is not the result of carelessness but is your considered interpretation of the question . |
| 22 | he said , I 'll fucking see about that . |
| 23 | ‘ We 'll soon see about that , ’ retorted Florrie , turning the handle . |
| 24 | We 'll soon see about that said the magician . |
| 25 | Well , we 'll just see about that ! ’ |
| 26 | I certainly would not boast about that 7 per cent . |
| 27 | One does not hear about much crime in the area . |
| 28 | We canno , we can not disagree about this next little bit can we ? |
| 29 | I do know that some of my colleagues tried but you will not read about that in the newspaper clippings of the period . |
| 30 | So there undoubtedly a temptation to think , well let's not bother about that , let's pick them up when they are two years old and they 've survived this particularly hazardous first period . |