Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [verb] about the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can speak with feeling about the frustrations I experienced trying to obtain a suitable movement here . |
| 2 | Lots of readers have written in complaining about the lack of uniformity in children 's clothes sizes . |
| 3 | The research should contribute to understanding about the relative roles played by material circumstances and political mobilisation in the shaping of attitudes to welfare . |
| 4 | Often I suggest to children that the piece of paper could be used for learning about the subject they 've decided on , or which I 've given them , in any way they feel is right . |
| 5 | The first major chapter of the document contains a discussion of various types of rationale that teachers could use for thinking about the curriculum . |
| 6 | Shaun Gooch was also accused of lying about the role of the second driver on trial , Anthony Gallagher , to wriggle out of his responsibility for the crash . |
| 7 | All right yeah well let's erm le let's stick to talking about the leaf stem for now cos we do n't want to go on er slagging off every bit of art that 's around the city centre do we Barbara otherwise |
| 8 | Maybe he just does n't , you know , he does n't wan na talk about the self . |
| 9 | was telling this story about this princess , this very erm independent princess did n't wan na know about the prince , like er , it was quite a funny story ! |
| 10 | The man whose car collided with a coach moments before it crashed killing three people and injuring twenty-six others says he ca n't sleep for thinking about the accident . |
| 11 | Mr Hart and his wife , Ruth , managed to get Mr Durrant invited after hearing about the planned celebrations . |
| 12 | If two neutral events of the same class are used , the second one interferes with learning about the first . |
| 13 | In evidence before the Committee on Physical Deterioration , Dr T. F. Young from Liverpool described how , particularly at the point when they started work , young people ‘ throw off all parental authority … get to congregating about the street corners at night … become what we call ‘ corner boys ’ ’ , and get drunken habits ' . |
| 14 | Did they big mooths next door huv tae clipe about the topless gogo dancing in the Albany ? |
| 15 | A new firm would have to invest in learning about the business , and the audit fee would have to reflect that . ’ |
| 16 | The hon. and learned Member for Burton ( Mr. Lawrence ) persisted in talking about the new harsher penalties that would be available under the Bill . |
| 17 | It is difficult to assess market value particularly in relation to goodwill ; much time can be spent in arguing about the measure of damages when the parties ought to simply concentrate on establishing whether or not the breach occurred . |
| 18 | Politics , as an organized activity , is definitely out of favour and we can all gain from learning about the traditions of humour , resilience and survival of our own communities . |
| 19 | That is what you have been doing by lying about the many things you say took place . ’ |
| 20 | Moving on to Mr Curtis , I do n't want to dwell and re re er restate the the difference I had with Mr Curtis this morning , but again he did start a little bit of a red herring running by talking about the major commitment for retailing facilities , er there is a major commitment for retailing facilities in Greater York , er a degree of all provision . |
| 21 | Such a committee might also help to satisfy those who are given to complaining about the choice of hymns . |
| 22 | In the Morning Star , a newspaper not given to writing about the rich and over-privileged , Stewart Lane wrote |
| 23 | And he points out , being private has made it easier to invest without worrying about the effect of reduced profits on the city . |
| 24 | He would n't dream of talking about the war . |
| 25 | He speaks with feeling about the magic of a solid , round arch : ‘ You go into wonderful places like York Minster with its beautiful tracery , but , for me , the sheer strength and solidity of Romanesque architecture — its robustness and simplicity — are endlessly fascinating . |
| 26 | DAVE DORRELL , one half of M/A/R/R/S , went from writing about The Smiths here to 12 weeks at Number One with ‘ Pump Up The Volume ’ . |
| 27 | No one thought there were many votes to be gained in talking about the UN or Nato . |
| 28 | yes and , and crime of course , yes , absolutely , erm er so erm yeah er yeah and go in thinking about the er thinking about the questions erm |
| 29 | I have been influenced in thinking about the comparative element in these chapters by Dickens et al. |
| 30 | But many of them are failed physicists who found it too hard to invent new theories and so took to writing about the philosophy of physics instead . |