Example sentences of "[to-vb] about the [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or , ‘ The Doctor wants I to see about the moss in the tennis court . |
| 2 | I know that all my readers are keen to know about the knitting in Australia , but it was a working holiday , and I must tell you a little about the ‘ holiday ’ . |
| 3 | She had been so certain she 'd known all there was to know about the man in her arms — but she had n't . |
| 4 | They could n't read or write , but Topaz longed to know about the world in which she lived , learn about strange lands beyond the seas , and the even more puzzling ways of the gaujos who spent their whole time shut up in houses made of bricks or stone , as if they had condemned themselves to perpetual imprisonment . |
| 5 | Did you yourself come to know about the article in the Telegraph ? |
| 6 | The good thing about a spreadsheet is that you do not need to worry about the order in which you list items — you can sort on any field later . |
| 7 | And he began to worry about the body in the garden . |
| 8 | She had made it clear to the woman that she had strong Nazi sympathies , and often attempted to talk about the war in the desert , but to no avail . |
| 9 | He did not want to talk about the woman in Dundalk , though , the double life , the scenes and drunken violence . |
| 10 | In our interviews with teachers we were anxious to hear about the way in which they used the library and the project acquisitions and to establish their impressions of use made by their colleagues . |
| 11 | I am extremely pleased to hear about the interest in our English qualifications in Poland and if here is anything further that we can do to support your endeavours please do not hesitate to contact me . |
| 12 | Fans , in general , do not want to read about the sport in retrospect . |
| 13 | You might find this hard to believe but I 'm the kind of person who likes nothing more than to potter about the house in a pair of jeans and a sweater and eat spaghetti Bolognese . |
| 14 | In the next few days Creggan began to learn about the Zoo in which he was now imprisoned . |
| 15 | The monotonous motion of his arm released his mind to think about the discovery in the shed . |
| 16 | The nuns led them through a series of exercises which encouraged them to think about the good in themselves , and to know that God , in His love for them , has forgiven their sins . |
| 17 | To arbitrate and try to think about the situation in terms of all the agencies present . |
| 18 | After it had been selected , I re-entered and told the audience to think about the article in question . |
| 19 | Last week Sir Frank agreed that the objectors were entitled to complain about the delay in producing the full NII safety assessment . |
| 20 | At Llanvillin his oratory caused two huge butcher-like men to dance about the room in excited admiration , and at Bala , he provoked a violent quarrel among the justice , the doctor , and others of the parish who were gathered at the inn . |
| 21 | historical , biographical , rhetorical , mythical , Freudian , jungian , existentialist , Marxist , structuralist , Christian-allegorical , ethical , exponential , linguistic , phenomenological , archetypal , you name it ; so that when each commentary was written there would be simply nothing further to say about the novel in question . |
| 22 | When agricultural improvers visited Sussex in the war years they had little favourable to say about the situation in general and the Weald came in for wholesale condemnation , although there was some disagreement about the details . |
| 23 | In between clearing up her parent 's affairs she was doing deputation work , visiting various places to speak about the work in Africa . |
| 24 | There are some more points I 've got to make about the budget in general . |
| 25 | The important point to note about the prohibition in Rule 14e-3 is that it applies irrespective of whether the defendant owed or breached a fiduciary or other duty to the issuer of the securities traded in or indeed whether he breached a duty to any other person . |