Example sentences of "[verb] about [pers pn] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has gathered about him a defecting company of slum boys , with one of whom , Bryant , of the distorted face , his hair done up in small Medusa pigtails , he sometimes makes love . |
| 2 | Zimbabwe 's elevation has about it a pronounced aroma of political engineering . |
| 3 | The head of the figure at the extreme left of the Demoiselles is , like that of her companions in the centre of the picture , expressionless and impassive but now has about it a mask-like quality that recalls a wide variety of African tribal masks in which the component parts of the head and face have about them exactly the same quality of definition , although here the similarities may possibly be simply affinities rather than derivations ; the heads of many of the paintings of late 1906 had also been severe and mask-like although they tend to resemble sculptures in stone , whereas the head of the demoiselle in question looks more wooden in both colour and texture . |
| 4 | However , although these five writers belonged to a minority group in their society , and although they say that their experience derives from a source greater than human reason can comprehend , they are fired with a certainty that it is intimately related to the deepest needs and purposes of human being , and has about it the simple inevitability of fulfilment . |
| 5 | It took three and a half months and I was just wondering about it the whole time and I thought , ‘ Man , it 's either going to be so good that I 'm never going to want to play another guitar , or it 's going to suck . |
| 6 | Perhaps I was going about it the wrong way . |
| 7 | We are going about it the proper way and er nevertheless it will be assessed and costed at the end . |
| 8 | I 've thought about him a great deal and have a plan he might find useful . |
| 9 | Ken was a great fan of the then Archbishop of Canterbury , Dr Ramsey , and talked about him a great deal . |
| 10 | I mean I 've never met Mrs. Thatcher , the only thing I know about her the only facts I have about her I 've got through the press . |
| 11 | They call me that , she thought , when they are talking about me , for they talk about me a great deal even when I am there . |
| 12 | Has known about her a long time . |
| 13 | She gathered about her a vast retinue and used to enjoy making pompous processions through the streets of Delhi . |
| 14 | He gathered about him a technical staff of diverse talents , whom he inspired with an enthusiasm to give of their best . |
| 15 | Night fishing can be enjoyable in its own right , even without the added attraction of fishing at the most likely times for fish to feed , but only if you go about it the right way . |
| 16 | But squatting itself is not illegal if you go about it the right way . |
| 17 | She thought about him a good deal , and she was troubled because she could n't feel sure about her feelings towards him . |
| 18 | At first I thought about it a good deal , naturally , and the more I thought the more I liked it . |
| 19 | About the homework bit er I thought about it the other day and obviously mine was n't brought up we 're having a set detention night are n't we ? |
| 20 | But when she thought about it an odd picture came into her head ; a picture of herself innocently lifting the lid of a box and letting out a dark , shapeless shadow … |
| 21 | ‘ Then clearly I have n't gone about it the right way . ’ |
| 22 | Her tone teasing , she added , ‘ If you went about it the right way I 'm positive you could have her eating out of your hand in no time at all . |
| 23 | ‘ She also said if you went about it the right way you could have me eating out of your hand . ’ |
| 24 | Now the carriage cleaning inspector had a good job if he went about it the proper way . |
| 25 | But they went about it the wrong way . |
| 26 | Mrs Singh worried about him a great deal , and was often very angry at his apparent lack of progress . |
| 27 | In spite of all the centuries which he had to learn about it the traditional ship-wright seemed to be unable to understand about shear . |
| 28 | If you want to think about it a little bit deeper , it 's the first day of the rest of your life . |
| 29 | I 've never met you but I 've had to think about you a good deal during the past few weeks , mainly because my young daughter Jean has been unable to think of anything or anyone else ! |
| 30 | But I think about him a great deal . |