Example sentences of "[pron] [vb infin] about the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The idea came from the experience of pulling hair out of the bathtub ; ‘ this made me think about the things that are worthless , that we want to get rid of , the embarrassing hidden things like body hair , and the things we value and cultivate — in our culture , for instance , the head of hair is usually the first thing people register when they look at someone , a great deal of energy and money is , therefore , expended on hairdressing and styling . |
| 2 | You know , when I said let me know about the blood results , I did n't expect you to call in person . ’ |
| 3 | What shall I do about the stuff that I have n't done ? |
| 4 | What do I do about the money ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ What am I saying , what do I care about the lights ? ’ |
| 6 | Neither can I complain about the standards of execution , which are on the whole extremely impressive . |
| 7 | What can I say about the sculptor that designed the molecules of the grenadilla whose shape causes this ecstasy in the matrix of the senses ? |
| 8 | ( Or were some people very quiet ? ) 4 Did people listen to what other people were saying ? 5 Did everyone understand clearly what they had to do ? 6 How did the group agree on its answer ? 7 How did everyone feel about the answer that was agreed ? 8 Was it an equal group , or did someone act as a boss ? |
| 9 | This , however , he did n't realise until later when he let himself think about the meeting and how , after the first keen glance , she looked past him as if he were n't there , to greet Mick with ‘ Hello . |
| 10 | So why does such a great amount of personnel change — can you explain about the points system here . |
| 11 | What did she think about the job politicians were doing ? |
| 12 | ‘ If there is one company that can be said to have influenced British theatre in the eighties it is Cheek by Jowl … the effect of a Cheek by Jowl Shakespeare is to make you think about the play again . |
| 13 | What do you think about the government ? |
| 14 | I am afraid it is written in enviro-jargon , which will need translating into ordinary English or Welsh , but I hope it helps you think about the kind of issues that need to be got across in a popular television programme . |
| 15 | When this person makes a short , stilted contribution encourage the speaker through obviously listening and asking them to continue : ‘ What else do you think about the proposal ? ’ or ‘ Can 1 ask Bill to say some more about his department ? ’ |
| 16 | Right , so yo , you watched er , Dr. Marius Bernard , erm , the South African , what did you think about the message that came across in the film ? |
| 17 | Now er it was n't that night I said it , it was afterwards so I said what did you think about the concert then ? |
| 18 | ‘ I never know what to make of them , but they certainly make you think about the future of the human race . ’ |
| 19 | Do you think do you think about the trees the trees should stay there or what ? |
| 20 | ‘ The paper — what do you think about the paper ? ’ asked Holmes . |
| 21 | What do you think about the H-bomb ? |
| 22 | What do you think about the H-bomb ? |
| 23 | What do you think about the meaning of life then ? |
| 24 | What do you think about the Nouveau Realistes , the creators of the Surrealist Object , whose work takes the idea of the object as its point of departure ? |
| 25 | ‘ Méli , what do you know about the man over at Bourani ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ What do you know about the Worm ? ’ asked Ho fearfully . |
| 27 | did you know about the cheque ? |
| 28 | ‘ How do you know about the state he 's in ? ’ said Nessie . |
| 29 | Do you know about the increase of racist attacks and murders in Britain ? |
| 30 | ‘ How did you know about the boxes in the freezer ? ’ |