Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [to-vb] about [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We do not want to talk about south-west regional cream instead of Devonshire produce , roast beef and north-east regional pudding or Greater Manchester hot-pot . |
| 2 | The family did not want to talk about politics but they asked about Mrs Zamzam 's health . |
| 3 | Perhaps the relationship is still continuing , but the boyfriend does not want to know about pregnancy . |
| 4 | And if it were up to me , I 'd just want to talk about music , about a certain passage of Mozart and how I would place the emphasis at certain points , and how I feel I 'm a good interpreter at the piano , but not particularly a good technician … ‘ |
| 5 | Erm , women do n't just want to write about knitting , erm |
| 6 | To keep the example simple , assume that there is no depreciation so that we do not need to worry about replacement investment . |
| 7 | He does not like to talk about manufacturing . |
| 8 | You simply can not begin to talk about cooperation with other oppressed groups if the European gay movements are themselves badly organised . |
| 9 | Let me tell you you do not have to worry about continuity of assignment . |
| 10 | However , if you are unable to seek professional help , do read one of the following really excellent books which will tell you everything you will ever need to know about healing through diet : Leslie Kenton 's Biogenic Diet and Celia Wright 's The Wright Diet . |
| 11 | They will also need to know about lobbying and negotiating and how to work effectively with the bureau management committee as well as how to manage staff meetings . |
| 12 | You ate what you were given and tried to look as if you could n't really bear to think about food . |
| 13 | It 's a handy program for anyone who needs to send a large variety of business letters and who does n't want to faff about thinking of the right thing to say . |
| 14 | ‘ Look , I do n't want to talk about love , women , past marriages , present marriages , family , stuff that normal people do n't readily talk about … |
| 15 | And I do n't want to talk about money . |
| 16 | If he , he does n't want to talk about potential because it will er not make the , the , the necessary action immediate , but if he can come back and say I 've seen and I know what 's going on |
| 17 | ‘ I do n't want to talk about right or wrong , I just want to discuss business with you . |
| 18 | But I do n't want to sing about football results or importune people to dance . |
| 19 | After fitting reward for a gruelling season , Lawrence said : ‘ I do n't want to hear about consolidation . |
| 20 | Marketing dogma of old had it that car buyers do n't want to hear about car safety , preferring not to dwell on the possibility of being killed or injured on the road . |
| 21 | Part of the audience decided that this was n't what they wanted to see , another part decided they did n't want to hear about politics anymore . |
| 22 | The kids did n't want to know about life outside Battle Creek . |
| 23 | So apart from that you do n't need to know about ox do you . |
| 24 | This is because wires used in practice ( e.g. copper ) are non-magnetic : we do n't need to worry about boundary conditions at all . |
| 25 | Or ‘ in our house we do n't like to talk about racism , everyone is tired in the evenings and we do n't like to talk about it . ’ |
| 26 | He did n't like to talk about money any more than he used to like spending it . |
| 27 | I would would n't like to say about cocaine and heroine because obviously the drug squads could have deals in there what I 'm not aware of . |
| 28 | IDE drives are intelligent , that is provided that you set up the CMOS to show the new drives capacity you do n't have to worry about drive type . |
| 29 | Permed hair is thicker and easier to style than untreated hair and you wo n't have to worry about frizz if you handle it with care and use the right products . |
| 30 | Sexual desire would be much easier if we did n't have to worry about love . |