Example sentences of "about [verb] the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have some hesitation about accepting the second leg of the ratio decidendi in the circumstances but that is certainly the way in which Fox L.J . |
| 2 | Stewards were appointed to bear the cost of the entertainment and on one occasion Petiver wrote to Dr Sloane about fixing the next Herborising , ‘ and Putney Heath being a place not this year visited , I have determined ye Bowling Green there for ye lecture of Botany , where we shall dine on Tuesday next . ’ |
| 3 | And you feel anxious about getting the first lot of seeds sown out of doors . |
| 4 | Gryschenko , 42 , from Kiev , had had grave doubts about doing the first leg of the race . |
| 5 | And finally : ‘ Do n't merely talk , like some gasbags do , about shedding the last drop of your blood for your country — the difficulty with them , when the time comes , is getting them to shed the FIRST drop of their blood . ’ |