Example sentences of "about it [pers pn] [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I wish I could go myself but if she complains and London hears about it they 'll put a stop on me doing anything . |
| 2 | Talk about giving the game away ! if these people did n't make it so obvious that they 'd pissed their lives away with drink and were n't prepared to do anything about it they 'd get a bit more sympathy . |
| 3 | Talk about giving the game away ! if these people did n't make it so obvious that they 'd pissed their lives away with drink and were n't prepared to do anything about it they 'd get a bit more sympathy . |
| 4 | Right , okay I think that 's probably er about it we 'll leave it there , if you come out of Microfit do n't forget to tell it to log off the network . |
| 5 | At that moment it had been appropriate to put big pickets you know I think if we thought too much about it we would have and taken it to the lodge and put it through the union it would have had cold water put over it and you know it was right for Tom to be wary and it was probably right for us to do what we did I mean I think you know it it was successful the way it turned out . |
| 6 | When the time is right to speak about it we shall do so . |
| 7 | If we wanted to be self-consciously intellectual about it we could say that this little argument uses the logical principle of the distributive law . |
| 8 | My view is and it 's a widely held view within the association and , and the informed clubs is that if we let that situation go on and do nothing about it we will have a decreasing er number of people going and number of people going sailing . |
| 9 | I think she imagined if she did n't think about it it might go away . |
| 10 | And while we 're about it I 'll give you the name of the best dentist in America . |
| 11 | ‘ While you 're thinking about it I 'll go and take a shower . ’ |
| 12 | Thought while I 'm thinking about it I 'll do it . |
| 13 | Well really it 's about it I 'll have to see if there 's a carrier |
| 14 | I would have thought the mo Without knowing anything about it I would have thought the most likely explanation for that is that that the property company who own the precinct have suggested to the Council that they would like to buy the Market Hall and the Council have been sitting on it and pondering it and some bright spark has come up with the idea , Yes you can buy the Market Hall if you also buy Pembroke Hall . |
| 15 | It should get away , it should get rid of think about it I 'd 've thought . |
| 16 | If any boy says anything to Weeks about it I will cane him . ’ |
| 17 | And so he asked this girl Jane and , and then he asked me and erm and er had I sat down and thought about it I could have said well er what I thought , you know , the correct way er but I thought well there 's correct and there 's correct and I think the right way is to write to it and to say yes thanks |
| 18 | But sometimes it is disturbing to mothers , so if you feel uncomfortable about it you can try giving him a toy to hold while he 's on the toilet seat ’ ; and in general : ‘ If you take it easy in caring for your baby , you will be doing him a great service . ’ |
| 19 | Oh going back to the apprenticeship you were more or less left as you stood because I I thought that journeymen were very what 's the word very er they were only too willing to let you know what was going on and when you think about it you can see why . |
| 20 | When you find out about it you could have Dr. Zimmerman lodge a complaint if you want . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm sure if you thought hard enough about it you 'd know the reason for that , Seb . |