Example sentences of "or [verb] about the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Or to worry about the thin but penetrating drizzle that greeted him when he finally emerged from the subway . |
2 | There was nothing shabby or worn about the close-fitting blue coat or the buckskin breeches ; and the starched neckcloth — no longer as neat as it might have been — and the ruffles to his shirt-sleeves were of the finest linen . |
3 | We s talked to Cath a minute or go about the full training record system . |
4 | Although recognizing the dangers of verbalizing about art , Greger is adamant that ‘ … without analysis , without thinking or talking about the many interrelated meanings of an art form , the process of coming-to-know , or of ‘ growing up ’ to a work is probably not possible' ( ibid ) . |
5 | Not to play with the twins , not for solace or scraps or to complain about the social security man , but simply to be a nuisance since being a nuisance was his way : to say again that he was the child of Miss Lavant . |
6 | Their power rests on the continuing ability of the old world to refuse to think , see or care about the Third World . |