Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] about the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The agents of the Crown consequently became disillusioned about the New Forest as a Crown asset : it barely escaped the fate of the other royal forests . |
| 2 | as if to turn attention away from the continual coldness of his hands , he pulled on the gloves comically and pretended to grope about the room with them like a blind man . |
| 3 | The sturdily independent high tech sector had naught for the comfort of either major party in the run-up to today 's by-election in Newbury , Berkshire when the big guns from party headquarters showed up for photocalls during the build-up : Labour chose Vodafone Group Plc and tried to commiserate about the recession , only to be told that business had been going gangbusters for several months , the Tories went looking for green shoots at Micro Focus Plc , only to be told that the UK market was flat on its back , and that it was only foreign sales that were keeping the old Coboller busy . |
| 4 | This time Mrs Ireland had to make her decision alone and that was horrendously difficult to do , especially as it involved deciding about the future care of her husband . |
| 5 | And because I loved him , and he was unhappy , I tried to forget about the sea . |
| 6 | He tried to think about the Wall . |
| 7 | Then she sat at her bureau and put her hands to her flaming cheeks and tried to think about the hens , the sea , the possibility of buying a pig , something , anything , rather than the likelihood of not being painted by Michael Swinton . |
| 8 | Moreover , when I actually stopped to think about the problem I became uncomfortably aware that it was very unlikely that I would be able to obtain such commitment . |
| 9 | He took everything in his stride … the theatre was quite secondary to his interest in rugby ; he never stopped talking about the game ! … |
| 10 | I tried to explain about the break-ins , the gangs , the violence but he was adamant . |
| 11 | And then it went on and Tug stopped thinking about the quality of the sound . |
| 12 | He stopped thinking about the amount of jam he was taking and leant back in his chair . |
| 13 | Müller stopped thinking about the foot , the ankle , the long leg and what lay hidden out of sight under her skirt . |
| 14 | I tried to enquire about the uncle and the boats . |
| 15 | He 'd heard about the jail 's reputation for handling violent and dangerous offenders . |
| 16 | He 'd forgotten about the way it flickered before it came on properly and made a noise . |
| 17 | Unfortunately , I 'd forgotten about the check points every five miles . |
| 18 | I 'd forgotten about the breakfast things . ’ |
| 19 | that , that spoilt the course or were not relevant and they 'd forgotten about the relevant bits . |
| 20 | ‘ Oh God , I 'd forgotten about the mess , ’ she added , taking in the empty coffee mugs and sheets of paper strewn around the room . |
| 21 | That also annoyed Patterson as he 'd forgotten about the card . |
| 22 | He 'd forgotten about the booklet that he put forward on building regulations , the forward that he 'd put forward , so what he was asking to do was already Council policy that he initiated but forgot about . |
| 23 | ‘ To be honest I 'd forgotten about the money until Jim Boyce reminded me , ’ said manager Frankie Parks after the 4–0 win . |
| 24 | Only when Marcella had relaxed sufficiently to sit back in her chair and release her tight hold on the dog did he risk intervention : ‘ We came to talk about the Garlands . ’ |
| 25 | Over the cheese , he picked up on something I 'd said about the PKB file on Cawthorne 's dealings . |
| 26 | I told my father I was trying to get them over to the far side , to the mainland , and that the ones I had to bury , the ones which fell short , were victims of scientific research , but I doubt I really needed this excuse , my father never seemed bothered about the suffering of lower forms of life , despite having been a hippy , and perhaps because of his medical training . |
| 27 | Interestingly , the only doubts that Western scientists seemed to express about the viability of the project concerned this deadline . |
| 28 | ‘ It would be … well , interesting to know just how you came to hear about the infant 's birth , and why you felt this birth was … well , interesting . |
| 29 | Then she remembered the way he 'd looked when she 'd talked about the Venetian nobility . |
| 30 | She remembered him trying to tell her , sometimes , about the sky and the Thing and where nomes first came from , and she 'd never really understood , any more than he 'd understood about the little frogs . |