Example sentences of "[to-vb] about a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You must know how to go about a revision of this kind . |
| 2 | No , I think she 's gone to see about a divorce . ’ |
| 3 | I do n't honestly know , he said er , he 's got to go in for his test , he said , and then I 'll have to see about a car so I do n't know whether they 're gon na buy him one or not |
| 4 | It had been the day he had gone to see about a job he had heard of for a general handyman who had some experience with animals . |
| 5 | I 'M getting married in less than two months and I want to lose about a stone before then to get in shape for the big day . |
| 6 | What I would like is for us to be able to poke about a bit ; see if there are any angles in the Livesey case that might lead back to this girl . |
| 7 | FLORA Thompson enthusiasts might like to know about a reprint of a 56-page guide of Liphook written by her and which is certain to become a collector 's item . |
| 8 | ‘ Because there 's nothing else anyone could possibly want to know about a man three days dead . |
| 9 | They will want to know about a childminder who fails to provide a safe environment or where children appear to be neglected or ill cared for . |
| 10 | In the form of a very brief list of what we want to know about A Level , could you do it ? |
| 11 | But there are basic things that the journalist will want to know about a story that you can work out in advance . |
| 12 | Getting back to the actual poem , I had to write about a subject that the ladies of the congregation could identify with , and as Tupperware is a household name , I got the inspiration to write ‘ The Hostess ’ It all started from there , and , like the product , has gone from strength to strength . |
| 13 | A good deal of real embarrassment can be caused by simply giving an expensive item to a journalist who knew she would not be able to write about a product in any depth but expressed a wish to buy it . |
| 14 | To write about a place I did not know might seem to be breaking one of the most quoted warnings to the novice author : " Write about what you know " . |
| 15 | A group had decided to write about a bombing raid . |
| 16 | The child who likes expressing his ideas in words , but who is not so happy drawing and painting , can be asked to write about an interest . |
| 17 | The game can be played in a more limited form in the little bowl-type individual urinals which are more fashionable these days , but Jamie has never tried this himself , being so short that if he is to use one of those he has to stand about a metre back from it and lob his waste water in . |
| 18 | ‘ Not to worry about a ticket . |
| 19 | Monthly repayments are fixed throughout the term of the loan so there is no need to worry about a change in interest rates ! |
| 20 | at least I know I have n't got to worry about a divorce |
| 21 | And though it seemed ridiculous to worry about a case like this , there was no doubt the thing had begun to prey on my mind . |
| 22 | With its shares trading at a premium of 54 per cent to net assets , RBS has little need to worry about a bid from Lloyds or any other bank for that matter . |
| 23 | ‘ Maurice said that we 're not to worry about a thing , ’ Eddie said eventually . |
| 24 | ‘ You 're not to worry about a thing , Rachaela , ’ she must have found the name out from a nurse . |
| 25 | At a news conference later yesterday he declined to speculate about a cancer cure . |
| 26 | That 's no way to talk about a lady ! ’ |
| 27 | Such centres often welcome anyone who cares to ‘ drop in ’ to talk about a problem at any time of day or night but , in common with outpatient clinics , sufferers of severe mental disorder rarely turn up to CMHCs on their own initiative . |
| 28 | He said , ‘ I want to talk about a donation you made to Sinn Fein . |
| 29 | The most unlikely moment for Claire to talk about a day when she and her brother went walking across the land of a man who believed he 'd come back from the dead as a fox . |
| 30 | SunDragon , the Sun Microsystems Inc multi-processor due out on November 10 , will be initially limited to maximum configurations of eight CPUs , we 're told , even though it is bound to talk about a ceiling of twenty-processors which is further down the road . |