Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] about the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Giles heard about the out-of-date map in the dead man 's pocket , he was very excited . |
| 2 | North Tyneside complained about the low status given to North Shields shopping centre . |
| 3 | Valerie Dundas-Grant worried about the repeated air raids on her home area , and felt guilty at not being herself involved in the war effort . |
| 4 | Shielding the flame carefully from the draught sweeping in through the open door , Isabel glanced about the single room . |
| 5 | All Paris talked about the new Margarita in Faust , the girl with the beautiful voice , the girl with the voice of an angel . |
| 6 | Each evening there were General Meetings , in the Philharmonic Hall or St George 's Hall : at one the President , Lord Harrowby , gave an address ; at another , Owen talked about the anthropoid apes ; and one evening Edward Sabine talked about terrestrial magnetism . |
| 7 | There were close Manchester links , Morrissey and Gedge wrote about the real world ( in very different styles ) and the basic mental line-up was virtually the same . |
| 8 | Professional families in Liverpool had about the same age at death as labourers in Wiltshire ( table 2.2 ) . |
| 9 | Jess thought about the one and sixpence she 'd had already without permission . |
| 10 | Marcus thought about the previous night . |
| 11 | Later , when the Porter came out on to the platform , Peter asked about the white line . |
| 12 | That night in the library of his house , Leithen talked about the seventeenth century . |
| 13 | The Sultanate of Oman produced about the same amount of oil in 1984 as Qatar . |
| 14 | Is the question or the point that Mr Potter raised about the ten hectare site to which the County Council objects ? |
| 15 | As he lay in the marine blue bath ( matching the marine blue wash-basin and separate lavatory ) , laced with Juliet 's bubble bath , Charles thought about the Steen situation . |
| 16 | And I can just remember what John Major said about the local authorities who 'd er got into B C C I . |
| 17 | Anyone who has not seen Karajan 's Berliners in full cry — the CD videos will rectify this omission in the fullness of time — can at least catch something of the wonder of the spectacle in the piece Neville Cardus wrote about the first of the 1961 Beethoven concerts in London . |
| 18 | The right hon. Member for Sparkbrook and the hon. Member for Huddersfield spoke about the unintended consequences of people 's actions , and I understand the worries about that matter . |
| 19 | After Lulu had rung off , Charlotte thought about the four letters Beatrix had left with her and reflected that the contents of two were still a complete mystery . |
| 20 | Mr Beckenham looked about the altered room , and seemed to take in the improvements in one swift glance . |
| 21 | Moran complained about the unnecessary disturbance though it was the cost that he was secretly worried by . |
| 22 | But I 'd like to comment on what erm also John said about the new duties in the social services relative to the Children 's Bill and care in the community . |