Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] about the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Outside , the storm howled about the house as though a pack of wild wolves were trying to get in . |
| 2 | Secondly , when the Department asked about the balance and breadth of the curriculum it found that few authorities encouraged schools to discuss the issues and it was mainly through routine visits of advisers that concern for balance and breadth was promoted . |
| 3 | He 's always fore he 's forever contrasting er these these er centres in Highfields with his village halls and er small village halls and that and that 's very , the very truth , I 'd like to refer him and he knows as well as I do that what he should really be comparing with are the youth and community provision across the county which is an enormous amount in excess of the amount we put into old people 's homes and as Mr so rightly said , they 're problems were gon na have to grapple with in the future and so you then look at what has been suggested , what has been proposed and the point that Professor made about the Labour party having to make it work , is because it is they and everybody knows it 's they have been five membering this thing all the way through . |
| 4 | The second interview asked about the situation at year end 1991–2 ; the budget for 1992–3 ; contracts for 1992–3 ; management and organisational changes ; patient services ; information handling ; and fundholding in the next three to four years . |
| 5 | For good measure the piece whined about the cost of the call . |
| 6 | The wind howled about the building , driving rain against the shutters . |
| 7 | Feedback shrieked about the vaulting and the congregation cowered beneath it , sheltering their ears . |
| 8 | Blood loss started about the eighth day of infection when the immature adult has developed the toothed buccal capsule which enables it to grasp plugs of mucosa containing arterioles . |
| 9 | The wind ricocheted about the deck , raising goose-bumps on our bare flesh . |
| 10 | To keep the temperature low , a skylight in the ceiling had been opened a crack ; a few flakes of snow drifted about the room before melting . |
| 11 | A recent critic complained about the ‘ clichés , the daft , ghosted ‘ star names ’ columns , the silly photos ( remember Ian Botham as ‘ Rambo ’ ? ) , the creation of heroes and villains , the concentration on the star or the result of the moment , the search for conflict , the trivialization of sporting women , the insularity ( beyond Dover , forget it ) , the emphasis on spectating rather than participating , the dearth of analysis , the marginal treatment of those who do n't quite ‘ make it ’ . |
| 12 | FAR sighted as ever , The Northern Echo enquired about the possibility of an opinion poll in the highly marginal York seat . |
| 13 | While this was taking place , the deputy mayor spoke about the tradition and said he was sure Councillor Roland Simpson , who was about to take up his second year of office , would soon be discovered . |
| 14 | For example , each side said about the other side : |
| 15 | They sat in his room whilst the wind whistled about the eaves of the Manse , and listened to him in silence . |
| 16 | Dot wondered about the apple tree growing from a pip . |
| 17 | Hornbeam moved as smoothly as a snake , creeper twisted , ivy writhed about the mossy bark , reaching towards her , its soft and furry touch tickling as it wound about her skin . |
| 18 | The sun had shone so that , after their lemon meringue pie , they had come out here , where the long-haired cat danced about the lawn , and Gaily had noticed the back-gate swinging off its hinges . |
| 19 | Tycho accused Ursus of stealing his idea that the sun revolved about the earth , carrying the planets with it . |
| 20 | J. Vijayatunga , writing of the second decade of the twentieth century , noted that men in a Southern Province village gossiped about the various Supreme Court judges . |
| 21 | I wondered what Ant thought about the path Genesis had followed since his departure . |
| 22 | He also reported times when a parent complained about the way their child was treated when he knew the reason before they did : |
| 23 | Charlie Peace complained about the quality of the bacon at his execution breakfast . |
| 24 | When the Protector enquired about the grounds for the Commons proceeding to a trial , Boteler was satisfied they had ‘ a judicatory power ’ to do so . |
| 25 | The women who had this type of machine complained about the considerable amount of work still required of the housewife , and the mess on the kitchen floor to be cleared up afterwards . |
| 26 | General Giap had about the same number of soldiers , but these were reinforced by para-military elements . |
| 27 | What the hon. Member for Staffordshire , South said about the tragedy unfolding before us is right . |
| 28 | After this agreement , the Queen relaxed about the crisis . |
| 29 | The Sunday Express speculated about the next primate and thought that Ramsey probably ruled himself out by his partisan behaviour in attending the eucharistic congress . |
| 30 | Rain asked about the ease with which Cobalt had found the heroin . |