Example sentences of "[be] [verb] about it [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I said you 're going about it with the wrong attitude ! |
| 2 | What is the first thing we 're told about it in the third stanza ? |
| 3 | Besides the Maya knew of the wheel — and how could they have done so unless they had been told about it by extraterrestrial visitors ? |
| 4 | Erm , no I do n't know much about it yet , we have n't I 've only just been told about it by a friend who I sit next to on the bus . |
| 5 | But questions have also been raised about it in non-social areas of linguistics , and these are often attached to reservations about the theoretical nature of sociolinguistics as a discipline . |
| 6 | There 's a proof because so if two people were contemplating the proof of the infinity of primes they would n't be going about it in different ways , erm , if they 're contemplating the proof , they 'd be contemplating exactly the same steps in the same order . |
| 7 | They 'll be reading about it in the paper then , trying to find out , spreading the word , and you know every every time someone drove past the picket line , there was a bit of bad publicity for the quarries and helpful for us . |
| 8 | Then , reverting to his chosen , statesmanlike stance , he added : ‘ Anyway , we should not be talking about it as if it 's just bread and circuses . |
| 9 | On the other hand , for a task such as fault diagnosis he will be thinking about it in various structured ways which he can reveal by talking about it and exploring verbally why he looks at particular indications or takes particular actions . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've been reading about it in the Veterinary Record and I 've cut out an article which deals with it . |
| 11 | As the place was really his gig we could n't use it without him We 'd been talking about it for ages — and Bernie was always badgering us about it — but we 'd not really done anything about it . |
| 12 | But we 've been talking about it for three four months . |
| 13 | She 's been talking about it for ye the past year . |
| 14 | ‘ The newsboys were shouting about it in the street , ’ |
| 15 | we were talking about it at lunch time , you know , its one of those things that you just do n't think about , you know , |
| 16 | We were talking about it on the way back . |
| 17 | Well I think there 's a difficulty here because I think one of the questions is a matter of perspective erm how do you define how you define what sexual harassment is is to an extent a factor of your perspective on the question in that I think that tutors who have been thinking about it in recent years , and women tutors , who have taken the lead in it , have tended to think about the implications from the institutional perspective , that is how do tutors behave to their students and in what ways may that affect students ' studies and their live in the college . |
| 18 | When dreams are recalled during the day , it would therefore be the most salient points that would be recalled , and the colour detail , which would have been available if the dreamer had been questioned about it on awakening , will have been forgotten . |
| 19 | She thinks he 's forgotten about it in the rush of leaving for America . |
| 20 | A basic interest in questions about the meaning and purpose of life ( a ) to challenge secularist assumptions and to appreciate that religious truth-claims can not be easily dismissed ; ( b ) to understand what is distinctive about religion , that is , what it essentially concerns , and be able to distinguish between that and features of it which can vary and perhaps be dispensed with altogether ; ( c ) to realize in particular in how many different ways religion can masquerade as something else , and fail to be what it claims to be ; ( d ) to appreciate the highly controversial nature of religion and of almost everything that is said about it by anyone , whether religious or not ; ( e ) to have a firm grasp of criteria by which to evaluate precise examples and manifestations of religion in practice ; ( f ) to appreciate the force of the question-mark with regard to the ultimate divide between religion and non-religion , and to appreciate the reality of the dilemma , and the ways in which religion needs to be questioned for its failures , negative attitudes , hypocrisy and externalism . |
| 21 | Negative programming can be general or specific and , unless something is done about it at a later date , its effects can last a lifetime . |
| 22 | Now , one of the ways that you will get better , is talking about it to people , okay . |
| 23 | The thing is , the thing is , the thing is I can see where everyone 's coming from , but it 's , it 's thinking about it in the future , |
| 24 | I was to write about it for Cosmopolitan , she for Trud ; it was the first time she had been outside the Soviet bloc . |
| 25 | Why , he was boasting about it in the prop-room . |
| 26 | It is unlikely that the crude material did much good , and not surprising that no more was said about it at the time . |
| 27 | During my annual medical check-up in 1987 , Dr Dingle discovered a blood irregularity , but as I was fighting fit he said it was probably just a virus and I was to forget about it during my impending holiday and to see him on my return for a second blood test . |
| 28 | Eva had seen it in Africa , grown up with it in Australia , was learning about it in Asia . |
| 29 | ‘ I was n't ; it was only when I was talking about it to Gina that I thought I ought to come here and tell you . ’ |