Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] about the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I did n't even think about about the decathlon again until Duncan Mathieson , another one of Jim 's group down here , started going on about being the only one who was going to make it to the World Student Games . |
| 2 | It is now known as a foetus , this term applying from about the end of the second month . |
| 3 | With ‘ Laura Ashley ’ shops opening at about the rate of ten a year and Peter Revers ' avowed aim to have one in every state , the new factory was crucial . |
| 4 | Oligodendrocytes appear at about the time of birth and the astrocyte a week later . |
| 5 | This information fits logically with other known factors which occurred at about the time that people began this transition , observed Harris , including spreading village life and a rapid increase in the human population . |
| 6 | If this reconstruction is sound , Oswiu 's encounter with Fín occurred at about the time that he may have been seeking Irish support against the forces of Penda . |
| 7 | It is first heard of about the year 1000 , and a charter of 1005 speaks of the ‘ haga ’ or enclosure which existed here . |
| 8 | Well it 's going to be revamped as er as you probably know that part of the City is being slowly revamped er and this is one which is going to be done in about the middle of next year . |
| 9 | As this suggests , although his focus was the same as that of classical criminology , the conclusions that Matza came to about the influence of the criminal justice system seem to be rather different . |
| 10 | What then are the more detailed conclusions I came to about the nature of the social work service ? |
| 11 | Okay is there anybody else that you would need to talk to about the recommendations that I 've just given to you ? |
| 12 | I thought of them studying the Military Manual of Fakhr-i-Mudabbir , the Adab al-harb Wa'l-Shaj'a , which was written at about the time Tughlukabad was being built . |
| 13 | The Oedipus complex coincides with the phallic phase , which occurs at about the age of three , in which both boys and girls are interested in the penis . |
| 14 | Thank you very much well it 's always a pleasure to hear of about the Seamanship Foundation and I 'm sure that , as you might be saying , and er the need for the foundation 's fundraising will be rather heightened this year as a result of last year 's drop but I 'm equally sure that you will get a tremendous amount of support from the members and on that note which I think is er also is an important method of concentrating our priorities and on the basis of we 're extremely lucky to be able to pursue a really very enjoyable pastime with relatively few problems and that if we can get those opportunities to many more , who would otherwise not be able to enjoy and in fact frequently do n't get to enjoy any other pastime , we should endeavour to do so and consider ourselves lucky that we can . |
| 15 | Shortly after my fourth birthday we moved to a village in Somerset with my father 's employer , a retired lawyer , a bachelor , whose household was presided over by a sister-in-law whose husband had died at about the time of my birth . |
| 16 | The sport is not new to Teesside where the game was known to have been played at about the turn of the century on six lawns at Albert Park , Middlesbrough until it was pushed out by tennis . |
| 17 | EVERYONE I have spoken to about the New Zealand tour of Wales agrees that , if they are going to be beaten by anyone , it will be by one of the clubs rather than by the national side . |
| 18 | This was also the most expensive mode of travel ; the fare of £1.90 not only compares badly with the 90p bus fare , but was augmented by the £3 cycle carriage charge , the total coming to about the cost of travelling in by taxi ! |
| 19 | Electric running costs amount to about the price of a bus ticket . |
| 20 | Er that the fires were set at about the time that the erm er that the armoured began breaching the walls of the compound . |
| 21 | In each bloc the decline in profit shares started at about the time that the accumulation rate peaked . |
| 22 | Resolution is limited to about the sausage-diameter — a metre or so , corresponding to 5 mm on the solar surface . |
| 23 | I had begun to experience increasing difficulty with reading from about the age of thirteen . |
| 24 | An old market stance will yield Comparatively recent ones such as pennies and groats from about the time of William IV . |
| 25 | The business grew from about the middle of the eighteenth century and became concentrated in and around Kendal , with seven mills grinding snuff ( which is powdered tobacco ) at one time . |
| 26 | Throughout the text he puts considerable effort into emphasising that any conclusions we may arrive at about the Universe and the objects within it are only scientific theories . |
| 27 | That was the purpose of talking about about the brain and the two the two aspects of it . |
| 28 | The managers Hospitality spoke to about the buyout were all convinced that it was the right route for the business . |
| 29 | She lied to me , though , when I asked at about the age of eight what she 'd done : she said she 'd worked in an office , done clerical work . |
| 30 | I wish there was someone I could talk to about the problems — someone who 'd keep an eye on him and watch for him getting bad and get the doctor to do something , sooner ; someone who 'd help him with money , a job , get him out of the room for a bit , give us a break too . |