Example sentences of "about [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The clear majority view in my group in Brussels is that though not perfect Maastricht takes us a step in the right direction , setting about building the sense of a community on the market place created by the nineteen eighty seven Single Act . |
| 2 | That one about building the house ? |
| 3 | This will assist in beginning to think about shaping the market in 1994/95 and beyond . |
| 4 | The owners signalled how serious they were about halting the pay spiral last year when they first detached labour negotiations from the baseball commissioner , Fay Vincent , and then detached Mr Vincent from his job . |
| 5 | In this first of two chapters about mastering the pronunciation we will deal with the suprasegmental features ( affecting more than one sound or segment ( or intonation , tone , rhythm , stress and syllable patterns . |
| 6 | He had certainly lied about seeing the cottage light . |
| 7 | I no longer cared about seeing the film , though it was to be the last with my great hero Sean Connery . |
| 8 | Er but anyway er an and the address , full address was you see so a about a week I , I , I wrote , you know , to her and told her a bit about myself and er , you know , about , about seeing the programme etcetera and erm I got a letter did I get a letter back ? |
| 9 | In any case , she was filled with anxiety about seeing the count . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm really excited about seeing the house , ’ Elaine said in her fast , bubbly voice , periwinkle-blue eyes sparkling in anticipation . |
| 11 | Of course , I would be very guarded about allowing the Wizard from Oz 's sound to be the sole influence in choosing an instrument , because it ca n't be said often enough that a player 's style is almost as individual as his DNA . |
| 12 | At the County Ground … the referee had to think long and hard about allowing the game to go on … the pitch was wet and heavy … |
| 13 | ( Tips were given in Part Two about repairing the board under these circumstances ) . |
| 14 | The English still play golf for exercise , while Scottish amateurs , whose inner conceit about inventing the game holds them back , mostly suffer from little inclination to practise . |
| 15 | So if you 're not too much of a purist about completing the circuit you 'd most probably be best off finishing in Windermere — I 've outlined how to adapt the main route to do this — or in Troutbeck village where the low level route finishes . |
| 16 | It 's all about enjoying the sea . ’ |
| 17 | It 's all about enjoying the sea ’ |
| 18 | And he would you would really only have to verify because at the end of the day what you said about You you mentioned somewhere along there Ray about given the fact that they were inexperienced . |
| 19 | As he knew there would be no uncertainty about accepting the admission fees from the audience , he told them he would not accept and instead negotiated a nominal fee which at least kept the dancers in work . |
| 20 | Initially he was unsure about accepting the job . |
| 21 | I move that the petition to be presented from persons about opposing the making of byelaws and supporting of a poop scoop scheme be received . |
| 22 | So it began to be asserted that this was a social service , and that there was something inherently reasonable and even laudable about subsidising the price of rented house-room — though how it could be reasonable or laudable to reduce by arbitrary and locally varying amounts the rents of an arbitrarily selected minority of families who have no common economic or other characteristic , is something which no one to this day has attempted to explain . |
| 23 | There 's a kind of shyness about trusting the professional in this country . |
| 24 | Not office gossip or patronising shit about trusting the Registry files . |
| 25 | What had changed was two things , one that the governor of the state had talked about defying the court rather than actually do it and secondly , that Eisenhower had summoned Forbus to see him at Camp David , the president 's summer retreat in Maryland , and had a weekend of talks with Forbus Now I was n't there , I was at primary school then , but I was n't there as far as one can piece it together what , what Eisenhower said to Forbus was , you know , I do n't really care what you do , but I do n't want it on prime time national television , I do n't want a scene , I do n't want you to flagrantly , openly , publicly to flout the order of the court . |
| 26 | Water companies are very concerned about maintaining the quality of their water and many of the bye-laws deal with the prevention of back-siphonage . |
| 27 | " … appreciated what you have said about not really meaning to offend anybody , I just ca n't square this version of accounts with that of your workmates , Steve , who insist , I 'm afraid , that you seemed quite serious about back-filling the canal with the tarmac allocated for laying on Colebrook … ah … |
| 28 | Does the Minister accept that the Government have continually prevaricated about encouraging the planting of new hedgerows ? |
| 29 | But all managers have to negotiate at some time so it pays to learn about handling the process well . |
| 30 | The penalties , though , were pressures of time and deadlines , coupled with trepidation about handling the area of Effects which was so totally outside Design 's normal field of endeavour . |