Example sentences of "by [verb] about the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first I heard only a few calls ; within ten minutes , at least twice as many animals were calling , and , by circling about the pool , I observed that a steady stream of spadefoots was coming from all directions to the breeding area . |
| 2 | When she had chosen the least remarkable and staggered downstairs in a pair of high-heeled purple boots the others got their revenge by wheezing about the room in hysterics once more . |
| 3 | They rub salt into God 's wounds by romanticizing about the past . |
| 4 | And it was of no help to the Scottish Protestants that on 8 August , in the instructions given to that experienced diplomat of the 1540s , Sir Ralph Sadler , now sent north to make a comeback in the Scottish political scene , the English were encouraging the idea of being anti-French and anticipating their outspoken memorandum of the 31st by warbling about the need for government by someone of the blood of Scotland . |
| 5 | In 1844 William Makepeace Thackeray managed to get P & O to give him a free passage on a voyage to Athens , Constantinople , Jerusalem and Cairo and earned money by writing about the trip afterwards . |
| 6 | To survive the unloving environment of boarding school we build thick walls around ourselves and keep love alive by fantasising about the unrealistic relationships . |
| 7 | That is what you have been doing by lying about the many things you say took place . ’ |
| 8 | The footplatemen had nothing to gain by lying about the position of the distant signal when they admitted not seeing the home signal at all . |
| 9 | You ca n't change the past but you can ruin a perfectly good present by worrying about the future . |
| 10 | To my disbelief , Vitalis had started his course by teaching about the Sign of the Cross and the Our Father . |
| 11 | KNOWING this , I am stirred to re-educate my own neglected senses by moving about the allotment with eyes almost closed when no one is looking . |
| 12 | You claim that you can discover things that are unknowable in an orthodox fashion by moving about the representation of this world inside your own head . |
| 13 | An arsenal of political treacheries was employed to impede our progress , from the medium-range one of accusing us of lacking the right political perspective , to the more insidious long-range ones of accusing us of divisiveness , bringing men into feminism by speaking about the war in Ireland and , even on one occasion , attempting to show an exhibition — the famous , ‘ Bin Lids and Barricades ’ . |
| 14 | I propose to introduce a novel element into the debate by speaking about the Bill . |
| 15 | Last night , however , Ralph had begun to angle for an invitation by reminiscing about the joys of the traditional family Christmas at Carinish Court . |
| 16 | By asking about the everyday tasks of parenting the schedules obviate the need for time-consuming psychometric testing . |
| 17 | In " ideal " circumstances , the male joker releases his frustration by joking about the woman with a second male — an inhibitor of the desired intimacy — who thereby becomes a conspirator with the teller in the indulgence in smut as a substitute for the sexual act . |
| 18 | First by learning about the nature of addictive disease as a naturally relapsing condition and therefore being aware of the need for continual monitoring . |
| 19 | One , she felt , was taking advantage of Bernard and her by knowing about the business — he had requested some shares in the company , which she considered an outrageous request ; another had called her by her Christian name which was equally unacceptable . |
| 20 | The change in anxiety invoked by reading about the potential complications of surgery is shown in table II . |
| 21 | I tried to take his mind off her by talking about the Norwegian leather industry but he could n't get interested somehow . |
| 22 | Erm , so , I 'm gon na start off by talking about the Local Government Unit , where it fits in the Council organisation . |
| 23 | One does this best by collaborating with the child , by discussing his or her difficulties and successes , and by talking about the contents of the book . |
| 24 | Moving on to Mr Curtis , I do n't want to dwell and re re er restate the the difference I had with Mr Curtis this morning , but again he did start a little bit of a red herring running by talking about the major commitment for retailing facilities , er there is a major commitment for retailing facilities in Greater York , er a degree of all provision . |
| 25 | She kept on his wavelength by talking about the subjects that pleased him most — and these frequently concentrated on the state of his behind . |
| 26 | He claims the Bishop justified his actions by talking about the suffering of martyred saints . |
| 27 | Er I thought you did well in erm giving yourself credibility by talking about the shares , oh yes you can have two hundred and fifty pounds per month in the shares and they 've done well and I said oh yes they have done well , and I felt good that you were praising me up for being such a clever chap , and so I thought that was all , all jolly good stuff . |
| 28 | Well , it 's ra , it 's set the the the the topic , the study , starts off by talking about the parable er , of the er , the prodigal son , and the prodigal son was , in these terms , rescued . |
| 29 | They did n't really need it , of course , since it was a lovely warm summer 's day , but the twins clearly thought it a great adventure , busily insisting on helping Ross by scampering about the bay in search of small pieces of wood to add to the bonfire . |
| 30 | Of course we can contest this kind of sexism by arguing about the accuracy of particular scientific findings . |