Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] it [vb infin] about " in BNC.
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| 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 | How long does it take about ? |
| 3 | How did it come about that the Conservatives chose committees whose Reports disappointed their hopes ? |
| 4 | How did it come about and what does the future hold for it ? |
| 5 | ‘ How did it come about ? ’ asked Greg , neatly insinuating his toe into the opening . |
| 6 | This kind of peaked size-frequency distribution is thoroughly typical of air-fall pumice deposits , so how does it come about ? |
| 7 | In particular , how does it come about that the imprecise quantum world yields a precise answer when it is experimentally interrogated ? |
| 8 | My hon. Friend would then understandably say , ’ How does it come about , then , that North Devon health authority finds itself in the position that it does on this referral ? ’ |