Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] about the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | [ Op paras ] I enclose with this letter , the following : ( a ) a leaflet explaining the position regarding costs and the funding of your claim ; ( b ) a leaflet explaining your entitlement to Legal Aid ; ( c ) a leaflet explaining entitlements to welfare benefits ; ( d ) a brochure briefly explaining what happens next in Personal Injury cases ; ( e ) a short brochure explaining something about the Firm 's other services . |
| 2 | Do you mind not pressing her about the drowning ? |
| 3 | We 're not announcing anything about the team at present . |
| 4 | I 'm pledged ter get the best fer me men , an' the bosses jus ' keep remindin' me about the number out o' collar . |
| 5 | Could it have been Sitting Bull warning me about the distortion of Indian history in Hollywood films ? |
| 6 | He blamed the suppliers of the chemicals and British Steel , who contracted him to do the work , for not warning him about the safety procedure . |
| 7 | George felt anxious that he had had no opportunity to be alone with Tamar , and so there had been no chance of warning her about the groom . |
| 8 | Now let's keep reminding you about the time situation , sixty five minutes gone , Shrewsbury have another twenty five minutes in which to hang on here , it 's Shrewsbury three , Blackburn Rovers two , it 's gon na be a nervous evening here for the normally placid Shropshire folk at as that ball is headed forward by and here 's , again in field to , clipped forward for Mike , here comes advancing towards the edge of the penalty area , he 's got ta try and get past the brick wall of , and it 's now who tries to release down the right hand side , he 's got ta get past , he does so , he gets the ball across and that one is cleared importantly by only as far as who tries to hook it back in and that the ball would n't reach him and it would n't reach either and it 's gone out for a goal kick to Shrewsbury . |
| 9 | ( One occasionally encounters a burst of inanity of Nobel proportions , as in this : " Our capacity for deceiving ourselves about the operation of the brain is almost limitless , mainly because what we can report is only a minute fraction of what goes on in our head . |
| 10 | She seemed to be deciding something about the knitting in her lap . |
| 11 | He was taken , not recalling anything about the journey , to the home where his father was ; one inmate was kept above stairs , the other below . |
| 12 | Archaeology is the principal source of data for informing us about the manner in which these changes took place , and how man adapted-to the revolutionary changes occurring in society . |
| 13 | Alexander was disporting himself about the boat . |
| 14 | Brown was found guilty after trial of assaulting Mr Kelly , 23 , by punching and kicking him about the head and body , seizing hold of him , stabbing him on the body with a knife and to the danger of his life . |
| 15 | ‘ Like the council , ’ said Constance , ‘ benefactors of humanity and kidding themselves about the perfectibility of man — silly bastards . ’ |
| 16 | Complaints from the regional Propaganda Offices that neither press , nor radio , nor newsreels were reporting anything about the Führer any longer were to no avail . |
| 17 | Is not the truth of the matter not only that the Secretary of State is doing nothing about the housing needs of the service men and women who will be made redundant , but that he does not even know the facts ? |
| 18 | In a day-long hearing students who oppose the plan say academics broke college rules by not consulting them about the plan . |
| 19 | A total of 350 visitors ( 97% of all respondents ) replied to question asking them about the way in which they had come to hear of the Library 's exhibitions . |
| 20 | We should be asking ourselves about the character of individuals which are being produced by the family forms that we have today and about law 's part in creating the domestic group . |
| 21 | I was asking you about the guy Adam 's been talking to this evening . ’ |
| 22 | I i it 's saying something about the motivation of the people who who are doing this , those peasants who were taking the lead and becoming members of the Party . |
| 23 | " Now , I was saying something about the fish-shop on Lyons Dock . |
| 24 | In addition , of course , there is a brief commentary by the Departmental Head or the General Manager of the Public Service Unit , saying something about the movement in staffing over the previous year , and a brief word or two about what is going to happen in the current and future years . |
| 25 | This sub.category like the others in this class includes species of ‘ doing something about the phenomenon besides merely perceiving it ’ . |
| 26 | Since others do not possess the experience or diagnostic expertise of the field officer ( except , in some cases , the discharger himself ) and since reporting is contingent upon the knowledge that there exist means for ‘ doing something about the problem ’ , it follows that the kinds of ‘ pollution ’ most frequently drawn to the agency 's attention are those where the pollution or its consequences are easily noticed and identifiable as ‘ abnormal ’ or ‘ unusual ’ . |
| 27 | One 42-year-old market trader who did not want to be named , said : ‘ It is good to know that there is someone who is doing something about the problem . ’ |
| 28 | He said a small group of people who were interested in doing something about the issue would be interested to hear from people who had views or experiences on the subject . |
| 29 | I 'm I 'm really mentioning th this for the record because I do n't think it er it goes to the heart of the issue since erm the the erm Richmondshire allocation does not depend on these figures , but I do want to emphasize that er doing something about the commuting problem is an issue in Richmondshire . |
| 30 | It helps to solve our problems with Chrissie and Fred by making it clear that we are doing something about the food costs . |