Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] about " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 However , I could see his logic , which was that not only did it burn about three times as much wood as an enclosed stove but the draught from the chimney sucked up a considerable amount of the underfloor heating , and even though it cost us nothing , it was poor economics .
2 Not only did he take about half a dozen players , he took the manager , the tea lady and the backroom staff , and for all I know , the main stand , because that 's not at Banbury any more .
3 How long does it take about ?
4 We all get in there and he goes sit down please did you see about half the people sat down before he
5 How d' you feel about a second honeymoon ? ’
6 How did they go about recruiting them ?
7 But how did they come about ?
8 But how did they come about ?
9 How did it come about that the Conservatives chose committees whose Reports disappointed their hopes ?
10 How did it come about and what does the future hold for it ?
11 How did it come about ? ’ asked Greg , neatly insinuating his toe into the opening .
12 Er so so when you left school how did you go about looking for a job ?
13 How did you go about finding a job ?
14 Er how did you go about getting the job ?
15 When it became clear t to you that the bo the new bonus scheme was not operating to your advantage , how did you go about representing your feelings to the quarry owners ?
16 So , you 're not totally local to Oxfordshire , how did you set about deciding where your walks would be , what you 'd do ?
17 A brief comparison of British and American assemblies demonstrates the importance of the question : who or what do representatives represent and how do they set about it ?
18 Given that espoused schemas are inconsistent with the ones top managers would like to establish , how do they go about changing them ?
19 I mean how do they go about reclassifying
20 How do we go about finding leys ?
21 Having agreed that some form of selection must take place , how do we go about selecting ?
22 If the answer to that is yes , then how do we go about providing that advice .
23 How do we go about securing up our homes ?
24 You ask , how do we set about organising that ?
25 How do we set about prioritising our change programmes ?
26 How do we set about getting the true beliefs that we need if our actions are to succeed in fulfilling our desires ?
27 ‘ I suppose so ; how do we set about it ? ’
28 How do you set about choosing the best format ?
29 How do you set about making the Scapegoat itself ? ’
30 So how do you set about decorating it for all its possible different uses ?
  Next page