Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] about the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , we bang on about the play and the staging and the big themes , and , if there 's any space left , then , as the chairman of Critics ' Forum wearily intones , ‘ I suppose we ought to say something about the performances . ’ |
| 2 | I think we had better try and influence that as churches not that we should about the suffering that goes on about the death that goes on , but I think we ought to give all this another dimension in churches . |
| 3 | The second paragraph goes on about the report to council Environmental Services Committee by the District Chief . |
| 4 | This will involve tone as much as doctrine , but he would be as ill-advised to go on about the Government 's intention of building a classless society , which it ca n't build anyway , as to adopt the easy belief that the climate of opinion can be left to look after itself while ministers get on with the practical business of government . |
| 5 | No need to go on about the band in this preamble . |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't want to go on about the amount or work — everybody works hard . |
| 7 | He had given in about the purchase of the land , of course . |
| 8 | Does my hon. Friend agree that it is appalling that the Opposition whinge on about the failure of this country to export , when we know that what we need from both sides of the House is unanimity to help exporters and not complaints about them ? |
| 9 | Angela got up my nose as usual on this point over lunch , banging on about the importance of seeing that Ministers were properly informed and by the right people . |
| 10 | Probably the paper did n't even have wire service , and if it did , he 'd bet a dime that anything which had come in about the book 's author had simply been buried in the chaos then reigning in the newspaper office . |
| 11 | During the run-up to the elections in 1990 the SPD candidate , Oskar Lafontaine , gave high priority to the withdrawal of NATO troops from German soil , and even the Christian Democratic government allowed doubts to creep in about the level of their commitment to NATO when they refused to modernise their short-range nuclear missiles in 1989 . |
| 12 | In the ensuing raid by our officers , who had been tipped off about the smuggling run , a pitched battle between our men and the smugglers had led to several amusing incidents , related to us by local officers . |
| 13 | The wife of the chief coiner however , being tipped off about the search had the stack of coins , the moulds and other equipment thrown into Rusland Pool . " |
| 14 | and my comment was that before getting too sort of wound up about the way we get public |
| 15 | The locals are getting wound up about the game . |
| 16 | ‘ I do n't understand why you should get so wound up about the prospect of making love now , when before you were … offhand about it . ’ |
| 17 | What stands out about the development of transport in England between 1700 and 1815 is the creation from privately supplied capital of a system which , though not preconceived , was to prove sufficiently complementary in its supply and its operation to accommodate a modernising economy with a growing range of activities . |
| 18 | If it had not been for an alliance of Dr Newman , consultant ecologist Doug Cross and Walter Roberts — three local residents who formed the Camelford Scientific Advisory Panel and conducted their own investigations — and for John Lewis , who lost his job , it is doubtful whether very much would ever have come out about the incident . |
| 19 | I have to go up there some time , to find out about the Oyster Festival . ’ |
| 20 | But as we have seen , the law in some cases allows anyone with a genuine interest to make an application for judicial review , and it may take such persons a considerable time to find out about the decision they want to challenge . |
| 21 | Business analysis should be looked upon as a two-way exercise — an opportunity to inform , help and convince , as much as an opportunity to find out about the organisation . |
| 22 | At this stage the jargon is an obstacle in that anyone wishing to find out about the field has first to interpret the jargon . |
| 23 | It is notable that even when the young Rogers was inspired by the direct experience of discovering two moths in nearby woods , he turned immediately to books to find out about the life-cycle , and learn the lepidopterists ' terminology . |
| 24 | Signs that you have gone to some trouble to find out about the firm will be very much in your favour . |
| 25 | But I 'm starting to get used to it , it 's fascinating to find out about the way an artist works — and it 's a darn sight better than putting up with a patient who 's frustrated because she is n't getting anything done ! ’ |
| 26 | If not the chances are that you need to find out about the way directories and path names work . |
| 27 | A large number of firms offer general experience , but others are more specialised , so you will need to find out about the type of work available before you apply . |
| 28 | To find out about the process of parents and staff working ever more closely in school settings , a couple of ‘ snapshot ’ visits or requesting a brief report on ‘ how things are so far ’ is inadequate . |
| 29 | Attempting to find out about the extent to which Creole was used by London schoolchildren , Rosen and Burgess asked teachers to specify whether pupils spoke " ( a ) Standard , ( b ) a full regional Creole , or ( c ) a London/regional mix " ( 1980 : 58 ) . |
| 30 | To find out about the world of his bride , the Almanach de Gotha can be laid aside in favour of King George VI 's gamebook , that book in which he recorded with pride the bag of the day and the names of his friends and companions in sport — The Duke of Gloucester , and the Fermoys , Althorps , Felloweses and Bowes Lyons . |