Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] about the [adj] " in BNC.

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31 ‘ Now ’ , said my guide , ‘ you 've seen about the finest thing in corridors and new main line coaches , so come and have a look at our new Watford locals — the best locals , bar none , in the Kingdom ’ .
32 And it seems to us I mean we 've talked about the different principles , the ne sensible next step is to talk about the criteria .
33 Patients who 've complained about the long wait have been sent letters of apology .
34 The move will be welcomed by traders who 've complained about the high cost of processing credit card payments .
35 Mountain Lover is one of the most intriguing ( in several senses of the word ) books I 've read about the global climbing village .
36 I 've read about the Unionist delegation being bamboozled at Sunningdale , but this is a new generation of Unionists , which the SDLP did n't expect .
37 ‘ This is probably my most important game to date , certainly I have never played in front of the kind of crowd that is expected , and I have never played at Twickenham , though I have heard about the swirling wind that can make life uncomfortable for kickers .
38 In the last couple of weeks we have heard about the tragic death of Sergeant Alan King and Detective Constable Jim Morrison and we have seen the terrible injuries inflicted on their colleagues .
39 The kitchen table was covered with homework , dictionaries , ring notebooks and ‘ All you Need to Know about the Russian Revolution ’ pulled out of the huge pieces of luggage Henrietta took every day to school , books used to erect tottering towers wherever the family was next about to eat .
40 WITH each picture there 's everything you need to know about the mighty men .
41 Managers need to know about the annual financial cycle , the bureau budget and its management and local authority finance .
42 There are only two things you need to know about the new Grand Prix season which kicks off in Kyalami , outside Johannesburg this Sunday .
43 Librarians need to know about the main reviewing agencies in their field : their frequency and coverage , the authority and quality of their reviews , the time lags in appearance .
44 And at the end , after twelve cancelled variants in one short paragraph , a single sentence , itself the third attempt , tells us ‘ They would not let the orchestra go , and musicians who attempted to leave were beaten up ’ , which says all we need to know about the unstated ‘ Keep playing ! ’ whereby the liveliness of the small hours will have been sustained .
45 We have to know about the various behavioural and physiological changes which occur in difficult situations , and we have to understand adverse effects on body condition , growth , reproduction and so on .
46 The absence of mandatory liability detracts from the merchantability of the English sea waybill because consignors as well as consignees have to worry about the legal effect of small print and extremely broad disclaimers .
47 One thing I have noticed about the American way of life is the emphasis on the positive .
48 Researchers have argued about the relative importance to men of work and leisure .
49 I always have to talk about the same damned things …
50 This is necessary in order to clarify certain observations that some authors have made about the precise aspects or forms of psychosis to which creativity might be especially connected .
51 The history of science is the history of what men have thought about the physical world and is an essential part of the history of Western culture .
52 Accordingly , the purpose of this book is to examine what the Scriptures , particularly in the fuller light afforded by the New Testament , have to teach about the Holy Spirit , and to relate their message to our own situation .
53 The plan of this chapter is to review the main issues in the study of vision and then to consider how far what we have learned about the visual system can act as a model for understanding how other perceptual mechanisms work .
54 Patients and carers therefore need to learn about the possible side-effects of corticosteroids , and should be strongly encouraged to report any unusual or different signs or symptoms .
55 And how they dare to care about the unemployed when they would price people out of work , strike people out of work and tax people out of work ?
56 Your weekly shopping list will probably change ; you need to think about the best ways to do this for you .
57 If you use drugs you need to think about the following :
58 Programmers do not need to worry about the fact that their applications may be running in parallel , Hinsley says , they merely need to think about the appropriate size of object and Taos will do the rest .
59 Programmers do not need to worry about the fact that their applications may be running in parallel , Hinsley says , they merely need to think about the appropriate size of object and Taos will do the rest .
60 We need to think about the differing incentives for managers in the public and private sectors .
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