Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [vb past] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , while going through a divorce , I literally forgot about the fish ; the filter broke down and his tank became polluted as well as becoming overgrown with algae . |
| 2 | ‘ I literally found about our endorsement of used motor-oil from someone I was phoning to find out whether the stuff was OK , ’ says the group 's Education Programme Co-ordinator at the time , Dave Bruer . |
| 3 | ‘ It was due for renewal yesterday , but I entirely forgot about it . |
| 4 | ‘ There I only cared about the money and all the other teachers were the same . |
| 5 | What lessons , anything arithmetic , mental arithmetic , dictation which I was bad at , my school report was about fair , fair , fair , poor , poor , poor , that 's what mine was , I only got about one excellent . |
| 6 | you 've got proof , and I used to check it as a form teacher every , at the end of every week tick it and sign it I I only had about what , twenty in the class used to , every end of every week check and see they 're writing their homework down and if any problems came of it had n't written it down they were in trouble ! |
| 7 | So that was my life , I only had about two years in |
| 8 | E I only questioned about something on Sunday coming home , and she said well , lady that were bringing me , she said well they wo n't have it . |
| 9 | I only found about one say a couple of awkward people , all the twenty years I was in Rhos-y-Bol . |
| 10 | After breakfasting with the mortar team I made my way over to Brigade H.Q As I passed along the wall of the orchard I suddenly thought about the Frenchman and his family who lived in the cottage on the other side of the wall . |
| 11 | ‘ I have n't even seen it yet , I just heard about it . ’ |
| 12 | I do n't know I just thought about it be quite funny . |
| 13 | ‘ 2.4 million people done those Italians last weekend , I just read about it in the Daily Mirror . |
| 14 | There should be , everybody should be clear what their responsibilities are and a good way of doing that is through a job description , their own , I just wondered about that complete sets only with personnel . |
| 15 | ‘ I just 'eard about 'er . ’ |
| 16 | Well I just mentioned about the microphone |
| 17 | But I had never really formed any ambition to become a Member of Parliament , I just talked about things which I love to talk about till all of a sudden one of the guests said : ‘ You want to be a Member of Parliament do n't you ? ’ and I said , ‘ Yes ’ . |
| 18 | It was really difficult to keep a straight face , but then Mr Taylor ‘ introduced ’ us and I just forgot about my shyness and launched into my speech . |
| 19 | It 's , it 's a comedy and it do n't look half bad I just watched , I just watched about |
| 20 | Now the relevant point about briefing this is a you 've mentioned Glasgow and Birmingham that I already knew about , that we 're tendering against . |
| 21 | I soon forgot about the heavy object as I was finding it very difficult to keep awake . |
| 22 | I finally spent about 20 minutes just enjoying the VFR day , pottering round within sight of Breighton at about 1000 ft and occasionally putting the Aeronca into a tight turn over a copse , or a particular field , just for the sheer exhilaration of flying this aerial Citroen 2CV . |
| 23 | Sadie and I gradually learnt about each other . |
| 24 | I once read about a boxer who did that . |
| 25 | I have learned more than I ever knew about humility . |
| 26 | I forgot everything I ever knew about standing up for myself and , without argument , I slunk meekly into the night . |
| 27 | I want to forget all I ever knew about precious Miguelito . ’ |
| 28 | I seem to remember that the first information I ever had about Ben was that he had measles ! |
| 29 | Not that you and I ever worried about the fleshpots anyway , though we 've probably both learned to appreciate them a little more than in the tranquil days before the war … |
| 30 | We got our ration books — for us and the cattle-food as well — but I do n't think I ever worried about the possibility of Hitler invading us . |