Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [vb infin] about the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Superintendent Robertson did not care about the mutterings from the lower ranks against her strict disciplinarian attitude . |
| 2 | They did not care about the burst tyre — all 14 inches and $400 of it — and could hardly be bothered to check the rest of the car . |
| 3 | He did not care about the money . |
| 4 | A man who did not care about the consequences of his actions . |
| 5 | She told herself she did not care about the fact that he was already married but was equally scarred by the knowledge that he did have a wife . |
| 6 | He really did not care about the effect of his actions . |
| 7 | She did not think about the thing inside her now . |
| 8 | Eliot did not beat about the bush . |
| 9 | ‘ You did not speak about the Royal Academy if you pretended to be interested in modern art , ’ said one young critic . |
| 10 | Observers said this week that it was significant that Morling did not rule about the possible effects of passive smoke on the unborn child . |
| 11 | She did not bother about the rest of the book . |
| 12 | One thing I did not like about the aircraft was the flap lever which is mounted on the left side of the aircraft and needs a hefty pull to operate . |
| 13 | The Civil Justice Review found that a third of banks and building societies , and a fifth of local authorities , did not enquire about the debtor 's circumstances before the hearing . |
| 14 | If he did not understand about the unicorn or about the many and the one he understood Marian still less when she talked about simple things being difficult . |
| 15 | ‘ Lord Aldington did not know about the massacre and brutality . |
| 16 | When we first arrived home from Hong Kong , we did not know about the aorta problem , so two days after our homecoming Michael went to London for a further two days of meetings . |
| 17 | A day later , Edouard still did not know about the baby . |
| 18 | Someone who did not know about the Müller-Lyer illusion being an illusion might well say , ‘ AB is shorter than BC ’ ( if the appearance was not misleading in this way we would not call it an ‘ illusion ’ ) . |
| 19 | She did not know about the incident at the Chagall museum , she knew nothing but her conviction that Joseph was a murderer . |
| 20 | ‘ So you did not know about the dog ? ’ |
| 21 | The MP who went to sea at 14 did not know about the motion and said he appreciated the gesture . |
| 22 | He did not worry about the dog 's absence , but went to bed . |
| 23 | That night , Jim was a bit happier and did n't think about the previous worries . |
| 24 | We did n't think about the fact that the ups and downs of running a business could mean an end to a friendship — in fact , we 're probably better friends for it . ’ |
| 25 | He was glad because — well , not having kids before , he only thought about the nice side of being a dad , he did n't think about the bad side . |
| 26 | Philip did n't care about the collar . |
| 27 | He did n't care about the blanket on the ground . |
| 28 | He had said she did n't care about the stupidities of convention . |
| 29 | He did n't care about the effect it had on the rest of us . |
| 30 | They did n't care about the home . |