Example sentences of "do [adv] [verb] about [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do rather wonder about that , ’ drawled Lexandro . |
| 2 | They were often talked about but not sung about : 'We do not sing about such things . |
| 3 | A spokesman for the British Army of the Rhine would not confirm or deny whether the documents were genuine , saying yesterday : ‘ We do not comment about these matters . ’ |
| 4 | I resent the implication that we do not care about those disgraceful services . |
| 5 | ‘ I tell you it will do the NSPCC no good to suggest , however indirectly , that men do not care about these issues . |
| 6 | I do not know about that kind of radical suggestion , but the police were very successful last year in closing down four domestic manufacturers of Ecstasy — hence the fact that most of the drug being sold on our streets comes from abroad , some from continental Europe . |
| 7 | You do not know about these things . |
| 8 | I hope that the inquiry will underline the fact that , by and large , children do not lie about such matters and that the people who have now come forward as adults have probably been permanently damaged because no one would pay any attention to what they said . |
| 9 | Many employees do not worry about such matters until a dispute arises , but the provisions do enable employees and their advisers to obtain details of the main terms of the contract of employment without too much difficulty . |
| 10 | Do not worry about this so long as all or most of the important symptoms of the case are in the remedy . |
| 11 | ‘ Do n't think about all that , ’ she said . |
| 12 | ‘ Dear aunt , ’ I said , ‘ do n't think about that any more . |
| 13 | ‘ Do n't think about that , ’ the priest replied . |
| 14 | ‘ But do n't think about that , Heathcliff . |
| 15 | If she starts talking about sexual matters they may jump in hastily , saying , ‘ Do n't talk about that ’ without explaining why they are disturbed by what she has said . |
| 16 | In the beginning Derek was always saying things like , ‘ Do n't talk about that ’ , ‘ Talk more about this ’ , or ‘ They wo n't want to hear about that . ’ |
| 17 | When one of his two brothers , romping and teasing , as boys do , thoughtlessly said , ‘ I 've got a gun , I 'm going to kill you , ’ he withdrew into his shell and screamed , ‘ Do n't talk about that . ’ |
| 18 | We never talk about it : we never talk about anything though so the fact that we do n't talk about that does n't mean much . |
| 19 | ‘ I know nice girls do n't talk about such things . ’ |
| 20 | More and more of his time and budget , Mr Mitchinson said , was spent on research , because ‘ one of the things we do n't talk about enough is who is buying books , what it is they want , and what makes them buy ’ . |
| 21 | " We do n't talk about this sort of thing , do we ? " |
| 22 | I do n't care about that . |
| 23 | ‘ Nick , ’ he continued with a tone of wry honesty in his voice , ‘ there are some mighty clever people who say I could be President of the United States three years from now , but what no one seems to realise is that I do n't care about that . |
| 24 | ‘ I do n't care about that crap . |
| 25 | " Kids do n't care about that . |
| 26 | I do n't care about that . |
| 27 | Yeah all right never mind about the photo give me your teddy I do n't care about that . |
| 28 | ‘ I honestly do n't care about that , ’ she 'd told her friend . |
| 29 | I do n't care about that ! |
| 30 | I do n't care about that , but at least I 'm making a move |