Example sentences of "[vb past] about the [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They 'd care as little about him as they cared about the two bombers who died in the van . ’ |
| 2 | On even days he whispered about the five different meanings of how 's your father and the etymology of knackered , Bob 's your uncles , and taking the piss out of X or Y . |
| 3 | And Stevens understood why , when he read about the 1986 food riots in Zambia . |
| 4 | There 's also a general view in the community that community care itself is not necessarily really working very well , there 's some fears about it , some uncertainties and a member did mention , it may have been Jim you know or somebody mentioned about the seven hours domiciliary , from my experience as a councillor I am not sure that simply because that figure exists that that means that that is satisfying the need of those people and in any case the sort of people who need to go into residential care , who can no longer be maintained in their home , with whatever help we give them or with whatever help their family have to give them they 're not necessarily the sort of people who we 're talking about need to go in a home . |
| 5 | Is the question or the point that Mr Potter raised about the ten hectare site to which the County Council objects ? |
| 6 | So the brain we talked about the two hemispheres the left and the right hemisphere the fact that the left is very much involved in a a linear way whereas the right is involved in spatial way , anybody remember the relative contribution of the two halves ? |
| 7 | It 's like the same issue we talked about the three year plan projects if necessary we 'll have to slow down on some of the projects , certainly to get through this budget year intact . |
| 8 | They all worked about the one squad you know . |
| 9 | ‘ God , ca n't a man say anything in his own house without it being taken up wrong ? ’ and the quarrel circled about the two positions until he reached and took her in his arms . |
| 10 | After Lulu had rung off , Charlotte thought about the four letters Beatrix had left with her and reflected that the contents of two were still a complete mystery . |
| 11 | He thought about the two girls in the shop doorway , surprised by the detailed impression they had left on his memory . |
| 12 | They had left the hospital grounds now , and she thought about the two suitcases in the back of the car . |
| 13 | Jess thought about the one and sixpence she 'd had already without permission . |
| 14 | ‘ But I read what you wrote about the 30 million people dying in Africa . |