Example sentences of "about [v-ing] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | I have no compunction about seeing you in the gutter . |
2 | So we do have a problem and and we need to grasp that the a conclusion talking about rolling programme we are concerned about resources we 're , we 're , we 're concerned about using them to the best advantage . |
3 | Water management is the major part of fishkeeping — but I do have this fantasy about keeping it to the minimum and this partly explains the filtration system I am suggesting , based on a fairly standard undergravel . |
4 | On the Ukrainian tour , Houghton thought the band were too fervid about keeping it in the family . |
5 | Well they 're on about backdating it to the third . |
6 | Erm , the kit that these boys are wearing is a number of years old , and therefore we are going to need think about replacing it at the end of this season . |
7 | If you have a policy for housing , or anything else for that matter , how about sharing it with the rest of us , right and until you come up with an alternative policy , do n't you start knocking us for having a policy which we are prepared to debate . |
8 | There was a lot of sympathy for the concept , but we saw real difficulties about enshrining it in the planning machinery without far more information about how one would take the concept of sustainable development forward in district plans . |
9 | He 's even got a house on Murder Cay , so he has , and he 's not the only one with his nose stuck in that particular trough , but it 's not your business , and you do n't mess with the man because he 's got friends who wo n't think twice about feeding you to the sharks . |
10 | Her twin sister Sally , of Penarth , South Glamorgan , south Wales , begged school-friends and neighbours not to feel guilty about sending her on the venture . |
11 | He had thought about sending her to the oculist and he was much nicer to Gran . |
12 | But he did say that er it 'll take three weeks before he can get back to me about sending me to the Law |
13 | Erm you , you did , you know , you did summarize with what you thought you , you 'd established erm you went through to , to get your second appointment Steve threw , you know , the objection in about sending it in the post and what have you erm er and , and you o you overcame that erm successfully but I think the other thing that , that with , with the ANNA it , it unless you get that authority the rest of it is meaningless because you know you ca n't go on and , and , well you can agree the needs but there 's no way that he 's , he 's gon na agree to do it now or when you go back or , or even perhaps agree on the amount . |
14 | ‘ What about getting him through the sump ? |
15 | The following morning , three of the six were eventually discovered at various positions around the living room , the faint glimmer of life making me change my mind about dispatching them to the waste bin . |
16 | Dozzell said : ‘ I thought about wearing it for the last few minutes , but I did n't think it would go down too well . |
17 | How about combining it with the use of more than one colour , or racking , or by using alternative needle selection on the front bed with slip or tuck . |
18 | I thought about posting it to the club as my sign of protest . |
19 | The main quibble about classing us in the same generic clade is that Homo sapiens was named before the chimpanzee genus , Pan ; in fact chimps should properly be called the other two kinds of human . |
20 | When , turning , he reached the part about finding it behind the standing stone , he revealed the gleaming decoration . |
21 | Ferguson revealed : ‘ I have been so impressed by Danny 's form that I am now giving serious consideration about playing him in the League team . |
22 | So we hid it somewhere really good , where nobody 'd think of looking ! — Anyway , it do n't matter about putting it in the bank now , does it ? |
23 | After all , fitzAlan had n't seemed to worry about exposing her to the elements . |
24 | We were very open to a range of ideas from big to little ; the mother of a mentally-handicapped child wrote in wanting to do something for mentally-handicapped children , and she had got an idea about setting it in the production office of a children 's comic . |
25 | ‘ I think they were quite serious about leaving us at the time and thought they would get an objective opinion from Langford . |
26 | I mean I think there 's the same problem with children in a sense , I mean , you you talking about confronting them with the realities of the world and I suppose I perhaps if we if we did expose ourselves to the erm to the true meaning of what 's going on in the world , we could n't handle it psychologically without stopping it , without doing something about it . |
27 | I was also excited at the prospect of earning some reward , and I could n't sleep that night for thinking about visiting her in the morning . |