Example sentences of "[verb] about [noun] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 63% of those managing directors and IT directors interviewed had heard of DTI 's Open Systems Technology Transfer programme , with 47% having read or heard about aspects of Open Systems through DTI material — beating ‘ Technical Press ’ ( 44% ) into second place . |
| 2 | The anthropologist who goes about things in this hard way ought not to fall into the error of supposing that kinship is " a thing in itself " . |
| 3 | Yet I doubt they have meat more than once a week — and I doubt he thinks about money from one year 's end to the other . ’ |
| 4 | His 1977 LP New Boots and Panties , a witty , vulgar celebration of low-life in Billericay and Shoeburyness , was released at a time when other British groups were singing about California in counterfeit mid-Atlantic accents . |
| 5 | My hon. Friend asked about answers to parliamentary questions . |
| 6 | He asked about proceedings at Central Strike Headquarters and lingered for some time on the subject although he received no information . |
| 7 | I should think about quarter to five . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , ’ said the Guider , ‘ he might not realise that she ca n't afford to visit him ; relatives do n't always think about points like that , and Miss Miggs would never tell him . |
| 9 | Do n't joke about things like that Paul , please ! |
| 10 | She had forgotten about holidays in recent years , merely snatching an odd day or two in London for shopping . |
| 11 | ‘ Oh , good , ’ said Garvin , ‘ I was afraid you 'd forgotten about things like that , with your recent preoccupations . ’ |
| 12 | bother about things like that but they do . |
| 13 | Of that hour , about half of the time will be spent taking notes of the patient 's problem and explaining about hypnosis in general and regression in particular . |
| 14 | And how would you know about things like that Mr ? |
| 15 | Someone was blundering about , did n't know the boat , probably did n't know about boats at all , could n't find the hatch . |
| 16 | I have learned many things I did not know about events in this region . ’ |
| 17 | Twenty things you did n't know about business in 1989 … |
| 18 | Ignoring the fact that it does n't seem to have much harm to British Telecommunications Plc or to the UK , France 's Minister for Posts & Telecommunications , Emile Zuccarelli , says that privatising France Telecom would hurt the company , its users and the entire nation : he particularly worries about service in sparsely-populated areas , a problem that appears to have been satisfactorily solved by regulation in the UK market ; privatisation of France Telecom is anyway not on the agenda of Valery Giscard d'Estaing . |
| 19 | I believe G.P. — I do n't have to believe him when he says it , I can see it 's true — he hardly worries about money at all . |
| 20 | Mr Slater 's reaction to this soubriquet is characteristically sanguine : ‘ Thumper had big feet and you know what they say about men with big feet … ’ |
| 21 | Sample this crucial guide to everything you want to know about sex with these questions from SHE readers who were n't afraid to ask . |
| 22 | Someone else wants to know about VAT on thoroughbred horse breeders . |
| 23 | Check it ; and if someone tells you that the Royal Bank is now only interested in improving its bottom line , and no longer cares about people at all , he 's wrong . |
| 24 | She writes about adolescence among Samoan boys , but we know from examining her field notes , she never inter interviewed one Samoan boy . |
| 25 | But never mind no time to worry about things like that . |
| 26 | I do n't need to worry about things like that |
| 27 | Britain and the US are not the only Western countries to worry about supplies of key materials . |
| 28 | ‘ Conditions are becoming about right for more . ’ |
| 29 | In carefully structured interviews on the concept of God with three and four-year old children she found that if she began by asking them to distinguish between objects which were man-made and ones which were natural and then to speculate about origins in each case , a majority of the responses referred to the natural objects being made by God or an unknown power ( almost half and half responses on this ) . |
| 30 | You ca n't niggle about detail after that . |