Example sentences of "about [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only that , but only the same breakthrough could bring about Philippe Chaumont 's release now . |
| 2 | And she all an and she were also telling me that erm Ben er two boys at school set about Ben the other night and beat him up ! |
| 3 | Medina 's evidence was used by the Tories to bring about Marlborough 's downfall . |
| 4 | Ironically Martin 's opposite number Ian Westwater was , by contrast , guilty of the error which brought about Andy Smith 's 23rd-minute winner . |
| 5 | Whatever brought about Caedwalla 's abdication in 688 , therefore , probably changed the political direction of the southern kingdoms in the late seventh century . |
| 6 | Indeed , activation of the mGlu receptor alone can bring about LTP in both the hippocampus and in the dorsolateral septal nucleus . |
| 7 | Whether this fits into the pattern of circumstances which brought about Gray 's death , I do n't know . ’ |
| 8 | The charges arose from an incident in Cypress Road , Witham , on January 19 last year when three men got out of a car and set about Mr Hawes . |
| 9 | It has been suggested that the Masons took a terrible revenge for the revelations of The Magic Flute and brought about Mozart 's death ; but Schikaneder , who was equally guilty , escaped unscathed . |
| 10 | And as head of MGM , where Gilbert was under contract , Mayer had the power to bring about Gilbert 's downfall . |
| 11 | Towards the end of 1990 the conviction that only force would succeed in bringing about Iraq 's departure was becoming widespread . |
| 12 | It is true that a substantial body of opinion in various parts of the world would have preferred to see whether relying on sanctions for longer would have brought about Iraq 's withdrawal . |
| 13 | He believed she had brought about Ryan 's downfall . |
| 14 | sure to hang about Angela . |
| 15 | Sandro said ‘ no , I 'm going back ’ , and with that the police claim that Martin Frears and the other two members of the gang set about Sandro by using gas , tear gas , then handcuffed him . |
| 16 | ‘ Darling , no sense in hanging about London if you do n't have to . |
| 17 | C Palace 2 , Everton 0 A DUBIOUS offside decision midway through the second half kick-started an uninspiring game into life and brought about Everton 's downfall , writes Mark Redding . |
| 18 | Pain of a rather more tangible nature brought about Ricky Ellcock 's tragically premature retirement . |
| 19 | It was this that brought about John 's separation from his mother . |
| 20 | But having got my way over that , it meant I could n't protest as I wanted to about Frome being put in charge . |