Example sentences of "about [verb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apart from my own pride , what on earth would the public think about seeing the European champion and double sprint winner at the European Cup running in the reserve relay team ? |
| 2 | Benny 's mother seemed excited about seeing the new outfit herself . |
| 3 | But she had qualms about encountering the royal family , wondering if they would see her , not as Anne Mowbray , but as a stranger . |
| 4 | There is no worry about eating the right foods or exceeding the calorie target . |
| 5 | I agree with my hon. Friend about encouraging the quick movement of buses throughout the capital . |
| 6 | With the mines now being put up for private operation , a great deal will depend on how sincere British Coal is about helping the new licensees to make a go of it . |
| 7 | Anyone interested in finding out more about helping the voluntary wardening are invited to pop along next week or phone Lynn on 0962 772251 . |
| 8 | However old or ill one might be , there is something healing and comforting about stroking the soft fur of a purring cat or looking into the trusting eyes of a faithful dog . |
| 9 | She was acutely aware of the presence of Petion and the Marines around her , and felt somewhat guilty about using the advanced technology . |
| 10 | I 'm sometimes asked about using the right hand side of mylar sheets for patterns . |
| 11 | Even if these were surmounted , two fundamental questions would remain about using the average wealth of a country as an index of the well-being of its citizens . |
| 12 | Most are now talking about launching the next-generation DRAM , the 16-megabit chip , as soon as next month . |
| 13 | I found that after 2 hours of playing the small adventure game called Wumpus my friends youngest child lost all her worries about pressing the wrong key , except that she kept falling down the cavern when she did . |
| 14 | Raising the question in the European Parliament of why wind power had been consistently misrepresented , Welsh MEP Llewellyn Smith , said : " we all know that this is not just a question of wave energy but about protecting the nuclear industry by discrediting other sources of energy " . |
| 15 | No doubt the coming year will be a tough one , with the long-awaited White Paper on child care law , local government reform looming , and the Scottish Office making ominous noises about ending the statutory appointment of directors . |
| 16 | ‘ I s'pose , ’ Billy spoke with resignation , ‘ our Mam bin dropping hints about wallpapering the front room . |
| 17 | If Labour is serious about challenging the dominant-party state , then it had better get serious about democracy now . ’ |
| 18 | Will my right hon. Friend have a word with our right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary about utilising the British information services to maximum effect , especially in north America , in the hope of cutting off the supply of money , sympathy and support for the sort of depraved attack that occurred on Saturday , and to show IRA sympathisers in America precisely what is happening ? |
| 19 | We 're talking about rescinding the entire brief . ’ |
| 20 | The families we who 've used our arts centres in other parts of the country have been influenced erm not just by the quality of art work on display , but also by the fact they can get decent beer and erm good , cheap food erm and the children and the other parts of the family have got plenty of other activities to take an interest in and I think it would need the university to think seriously about developing the social side of the Gardener Centre in those terms , and that 's why it was deeply disappointing to find the university pulling back on their subsidy for the Gardener Centre as that really ca n't help anybody find the most appropriate role for the building . |
| 21 | It was a good contest that will have given the England team manager Geoff Cooke at least one hint about filling the vacant places in his training squad for Lanzarote in the new year . |
| 22 | He 'd answered with some folderol about seeking the ideal woman , but he 'd known the truth even as he was spinning her this tosh , and it was a bitter thing . |
| 23 | I 'm sure I catch something about meeting the Prime Minister.He bounds down to meet me , spruce and sporty in blazer and striped tie . |
| 24 | Ramsey was abnormally shy about meeting the upper class and Eden 's voice was the caricature of an upper class voice . |
| 25 | Many hours may be spent daydreaming about meeting the ideal boyfriend and falling in love . |
| 26 | Some people fight shy of taking out a Personal Loan because they are worried about meeting the monthly repayments if they are unable to work because of sickness , accident or unemployment . |
| 27 | First they 'd go to church because Dad was firm about remembering the real meaning of Christmas , then they 'd lay the table . |
| 28 | Stefan , can you see about ordering the old sets and costumes ? |
| 29 | Remembering what Garvey had said about comforting the sick dame , Gabriel leapt to the end of the play and snatched at the only words that seemed the right ones for these poor corpses , these walking dead : |
| 30 | Having said that , governments would be more responsible to Parliament ; Parliament would be stronger relative to the executive ; and party leaders could be " weaker " , but we should remember that there is nothing essentially democratic about reviving the parliamentary government of the nineteenth-century liberal constitution . |