Example sentences of "[vb pp] about [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mm , I 'm sure you 'll find something in Marks and Spencers , I have heard about a new trick mum , how to con money out of Marks and Spencers |
| 2 | Otis had heard about a special policy being offered by The Legal Protection Group , which you can add on to your motor insurance policy . |
| 3 | Oh God you have n't , have you heard about the fifth year toilet yet ? |
| 4 | ‘ This is probably my most important game to date , certainly I have never played in front of the kind of crowd that is expected , and I have never played at Twickenham , though I have heard about the swirling wind that can make life uncomfortable for kickers . |
| 5 | He had obviously heard about the strange fish from the two boys at the pub , and anything concerning the river was Herbie 's concern . |
| 6 | I had heard about the new economic empires of the East : Japan , Korea , Taiwan , Singapore , Malaysia … yet it was a surprise to realise how fast these giants are probing their tentacles deep into Sarawak 's ‘ Heart of Darkness ’ . |
| 7 | HAVE you heard about the dyslexic devil worshipper ? |
| 8 | Erm we 've heard about the measured approach , the step by step approach er and Mr , has said , please make your mind up one way or another so we can proceed with our local plan preparation . |
| 9 | Women heard about the different educational method used in the five phrenological schools that had beer founded by William Ellis in the 1850s . |
| 10 | ’ Have you heard about the big stink along in Information ? ’ |
| 11 | They have , of course , heard about the Holy Spirit , but have either put it all down to typical ecclesiastical in-talk , or assumed that it was not intended for ordinary folk like themselves . |
| 12 | She had heard about the little boy Grégoire — Jean-Paul 's son , so people said . |
| 13 | Perhaps she has n't heard about the little delay in the proceedings , caused by the contretemps with ben Issachar , and the stint in the tree . |
| 14 | But as soon as Nate heard about the latest strike , that was it . |
| 15 | Have you heard about the Tory moderate who hit the cheerful-looking palmist on the nose ? |
| 16 | My question to Mr which he might like to comment on in his his summing up , is we 've heard about the forthcoming meeting which you 're going to arrange with the district council 's , how soon would you be able to make progress ? |
| 17 | In the last couple of weeks we have heard about the tragic death of Sergeant Alan King and Detective Constable Jim Morrison and we have seen the terrible injuries inflicted on their colleagues . |
| 18 | ‘ Have you heard about the intended evacuation ? ’ |
| 19 | If Richard had heard about the old Angevin claim when he began work on a castle within the political orbit of Châtellerault he probably thought it had long since lapsed . |
| 20 | He had heard about the Old Magic at University , although it was forbidden to wizards . |
| 21 | The 1984 village case study revealed that the Bangladeshi mothers ( some of whom had already been taught about the lobon-gur solution ) recognised four different types of diarrhoea and generally thought only one of these types to be an indication for the use of the lobon-gur mixture . |
| 22 | I also think it 's important that people have this sort of emotional side of it taught to them as well , you 're often taught like the straight , you know , the wee sperm and the wee egg come together and you get a baby , but you do n't , not taught about the emotional side of it a lot |
| 23 | In medical schools a great deal is taught about the medical and other consequences of high alcohol consumption but little or nothing is taught about alcoholism , the addictive disease . |
| 24 | ( v ) Pupils should be taught about the different functions of written language : that writing can be for the writer alone ; it can be addressed to a known reader ; or it can be written for a large and unknown audience . |
| 25 | And when , after the girl had gone , Laura had gazed about the chaotic-looking living-room , she 'd had to agree that it was n't up to her standards , either . |
| 26 | To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what representations he has received about the future strength of the Territorial Army in Scotland . |
| 27 | The point is that there could be such a command and at the level of that command where , as it were , the answer would be received , no information would ever be received about the other senses of ‘ bar ’ that the system as a whole might happen to know about in its dictionary , and the procedures for surveying that range of senses would never be revealed . |
| 28 | The covers were very worn , as if it had been travelled about a good deal , and on the fly leaf was written ‘ Journal 1841 ’ and then , in a different coloured ink , ‘ And 1842 ’ and then , below that , carefully , ‘ Emily Brent ’ . |
| 29 | Sony are also guarded about the technical specification of their search and retrieval engine which means that potential publishers must enter into confidentiality agreements before receiving even the essential information on which to base their preliminary data preparation costs . |
| 30 | In the second part we begin to look at some of the arguments which have been developed about the possible effects of new technology on the kinds of jobs available in the future . |