Example sentences of "[subord] i [verb] about [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I took myself off to my billet , feeling bloody frustrated and edgy , might I add , and thence to bed , where I thought about it . |
| 2 | I was wanted in Formula 1 , then I was n't , so I went about my own business , creating my own new future , then all of a sudden I 'm wanted again . |
| 3 | But I was grateful for her interest , so I explained about our Council 's scheme : the converted houses where the old ladies and gentlemen live , each with their separate apartments , their own furniture , but a common dining-room . |
| 4 | Well I suppose if I thought about it I could er put Amy in the hall and go and do some . |
| 5 | Crosby said : ‘ If I worry about what 's happening up the road , I 'll lose track of what we are doing here . |
| 6 | If I worry about you , if we 're in real danger , I wo n't be able to protect either of us . |
| 7 | During the week he come back asking me if I forget about it and withdraw my notice but stubborn as I was I refused . |
| 8 | It sounds as if I care about him and his miserable , wet , unwithit life . |
| 9 | you see , so I did n't try again , but maybe tomorrow if I think about it |
| 10 | If I think about it I have n't seen him at all . |
| 11 | The way Mr. Mendez decided to go all of a sudden did n't make any sense at all until I thought about it a while . |
| 12 | I did n't even remember her until I read about her in the papers . ’ |
| 13 | Cos I know about her . |
| 14 | Unless I know about it there 's nothing I can do about it is there ? |
| 15 | I would n't even go to limbo , Bernard , because I know about Him and have n't converted : I 'll have to go to hell . |
| 16 | Years ago a young Somerset cricketer said he did n't know why he played this wretched game ‘ because I worry about it so much . ’ |
| 17 | Because I dreamt about her last night when my manor house had fallen silent and its mullioned windows gazed like sightless eyes over the dark , lush fields of my estate . |
| 18 | I used to approach my future like a loose cannon , but now I 'm really trying to do the best work I can because I think about my daughter all the time . |
| 19 | Because I care about him and last year he got terribly hurt and I would n't want it to happen again . |
| 20 | ‘ Yes , because of Steve … not because I love him as you think but because I care about him and … caring is just as emotive as loving . |
| 21 | ‘ I 've had a stormy relationship with everyone I 've ever worked with , ’ says Nicky , ‘ because I care about what I do ! |
| 22 | I lay in bed that night , waiting for my father to return , and for the phone to ring , while I thought about what had happened . |
| 23 | I made a convincing show of joining in all this horse-play and appeared to enjoy it hugely for a week or so while I thought about what I could do to our cousin . |
| 24 | Travis queried , and , for the first time in an age , he smiled as he tacked on , ‘ Now that you mention it , I seem to remember now reading something about Massingham 's taking over Vasey 's , but Naylor 's always got his finger in some negotiation , so the Vasey deal would have gone out of my head while I read about his next business venture . ’ |
| 25 | While I wondered about his motives , he stoked up his contempt for the whole Jewish race , which had not had the decency to get itself wiped out , as rumoured . |
| 26 | The agency have agreed to pay me a retainer for a couple of weeks while I think about what I 'd like to do next . ’ |
| 27 | Well at least I can take the opportunity to thank them now , while I think about it ! |
| 28 | It may surprise readers but , since I wrote about her recently , Barbara and I have become good friends , so I rang her up to tell her that I would join her for a good gloat . |
| 29 | Since I learned about my parents , my thoughts have been troubled also . |
| 30 | Tell you the truth , there was two or three others after the first one went overseas , before I knew about him being dead . |