Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] [verb] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is no point in denying them , even though we may justifiably quibble about the subjectivity of palaeontologists , the imprecision of the boundaries and the importance of the hidden gaps . |
| 2 | We may only conjecture about the degree to which these subjective assessments were influenced by prior experience of the school in other contexts , the existence of good or bad relations between the reporter and the staff of the school , and the personal prejudices and preferences of the individual concerned . |
| 3 | It is Ego that thinks we should constantly fret about our family and the future , in case God decides we are taking life for granted , and hurls down a bolt of lightning . |
| 4 | It has been suggested that ‘ incipient ’ is an unfamiliar word , that associating the stall with a spin might get the student worried , and that to simplify things we should only talk about stalls and spins . |
| 5 | You should , you should only have about one person |
| 6 | That she should just forget about her lessons and rush off to see your brother whenever she pleased ? |
| 7 | Chairman , I must just say about other organizations , it is approved that they 're going , part of the West Midlands region , is more better off than integral part of the region of Great Britain , or whatever , erm , if they 've got money into their region , they jolly well keep it there , we do n't know where Coventry is . |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't think we should ever agree about that , ’ said Robyn . |
| 9 | But we must also think about the efficiency implications of a tax . |
| 10 | Letters not specifically addressed to individuals or departments should also pass through this unit , and could be logged , if response monitoring were to be extended from the current obligation we have to log ‘ environmental ’ enquiries ( which we should also talk about ) . |
| 11 | Just as you should carefully select your sailing venue , so you should also think about the type of sailing you do . |
| 12 | One should also think about approaching the specialist supplier . |
| 13 | We should also think about the problems of the world as a whole , which cause mass migration in the first place . |
| 14 | Any such media coverage should , in no way , present different factual information from that supplied to employees who should also hear about it first . |
| 15 | You should also know about claims . |
| 16 | You certainly appear to have reached a major turning point in your career and must now think about severing unprofitable ties . |
| 17 | To answer that I must now talk about that dark , unmentionable and secret thing called sex . |
| 18 | They say that , as the wars happened such a long time ago we should simply forget about them now . |
| 19 | I do n't think that among all possible measures we should immediately talk about the most extreme . ’ |
| 20 | I do n't think that among all possible measures we should immediately talk about the most extreme , ’ the chairman of parliament , Ruslan Khasbulatov , said on the eve of a debate on Mr Yeltsin 's removal . |
| 21 | For her stepmother to tell her meant that she and her father must sometimes talk about her , and that her father had undoubtedly on at least one occasion said that he thought Artemis had some ability . |
| 22 | When I first became a Member of the House , I learned that one should never speak about things that one does not know or does not understand . |
| 23 | Sir Adrian believes that today young people aspiring to careers in industry should seriously think about setting up their own small firms . |
| 24 | If you answer yes to even one question , you should seriously think about buying a new bed . |
| 25 | There really were some very good paintings there ; we should seriously think about buying some of them . |
| 26 | He must certainly see about spectacles ; it would be worse than anything if he were compelled to give up the reader 's position with Mr Lamprey . |
| 27 | Occasionally I was lucid enough to remember that I must never write about what was going on , or what I thought was going on . |
| 28 | There may be yet more complicated objects than us on other planets , and some of them may already know about us . |
| 29 | But now , my dear fellows , let's just think about this a moment , shall we ? |
| 30 | Right , let's just think about these . |