Example sentences of "and [vb base] about [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To complete the idyllic farmyard scene , chickens , a mixture of varieties , strut and scratch about the driveway and the fields . |
| 2 | They would sit out in their deckchairs in brilliant sunshine , surveying snow-covered range after magnificent snow-covered range , and while they took refreshment , take snapshots of one another , and chatter about the delights of a winter sports holiday in the Savoy Alps , the more energetic would be trudging up from below on seal skins or swooping by from above demonstrating their skill . |
| 3 | Pesh Framjee of Binder Hamlyn 's Charities Unit agrees that fund managers are making a song and dance about the changes , ‘ but let us say there is no smoke without fire and a lot of wet leaves going round ’ . |
| 4 | A sign which went up on the Raiders ' dressing-room door after the match , advising that only Australian media personnel were welcome , bore witness to the visitors ' touchiness about defeat , though at least they did not follow Manly 's example and grumble about the referee . |
| 5 | Since many of the evangelicals shared Billy Graham 's opinions and valued his methods and saw the good which he did , his article stirred wrath among them and fear about the Bishop of Durham becoming the Archbishop of York . |
| 6 | Most burghers who voted for the right did so to express uncertainty and fear about the looming costs of unification . |
| 7 | Too much specialisation is bad for systems development ; it feeds the temptation to get engrossed in technical difficulties and forget about the underlying business needs . |
| 8 | Just work on this and forget about the restrictive diet side of the equation . |
| 9 | The day you go on holiday switch off the lights and forget about the fish . |
| 10 | ‘ The Japanese usually sponsor either the East coast or West coast , and forget about the Midwest ’ , he said . |
| 11 | " But I have no wish to bring dishonour on you or your family , and am quite prepared to hand him back to you and forget about the whole matter — on one condition. ; |
| 12 | I thought I could read Wordsworth and forget about the damned queue . " |
| 13 | certain of the elements combine so naturally and with so powerful an effect that we pursue that path of combination as a path in its own right and forget about the problem we are trying to solve . |
| 14 | Erm , can I imagine erm two abstracted intellects , each of them doing geometrical proofs and say about the two of them is they go through the group of er the infinity of prime numbers , each of them is working that through . |
| 15 | The Iranian Majlis on Dec. 29 addressed a letter of congratulation to the FIS , and on Jan.1 Ayatollah Ali Khamenei denounced what he described as a " hue and cry about the trampling of democracy in Algeria … after the Algerian people said yes to Islam " . |
| 16 | ‘ There was such a hue and cry about the cost of the tiny Thunderbird figures that this time round the toy company has decided to scrap them , ’ said Huge Von of Leisureworld in Belfast . |
| 17 | He said we owed you a favour , because of all that fuss and bother about the dog that was chasing sheep . |
| 18 | There seem to have been two main spurs to this research and writing : fascination about the intellectual origins of American republicanism and worry about the civic health of the nation especially after the trauma of the Vietnam war . |
| 19 | The therapist thought the overdose was not a serious suicidal attempt but appeared to be an impulsive act to escape from her feelings of loneliness and worry about the shop . |
| 20 | If your frequent flyer brochures would outwit a genius , fix them … and worry about the logo that you put on your tailfins at a later date . |
| 21 | But they always do the job , and worry about the recharge afterwards . |
| 22 | There would surely have been a strong argument for it to take its gauge from the parent line and worry about the break of gauge later , when it met the Cambrian — which of course would probably not have happened . |
| 23 | Dr Mowlam said Jeffrey 's asthma and eczema were getting worse as a result of the stress and worry about the money he has to pay for the medication . |
| 24 | Then if the weather 's OK we can have a walk in the afternoon and reminisce about the days when women stayed at home and looked after their menfolk . ’ |
| 25 | I shift this extraordinary document across to the stack of papers I have read , then get up and walk about the room . |
| 26 | Get a friend to measure the distance between your head and the wall and add about an inch to the measurement . |
| 27 | Miss Harker was certainly very charming and many had hoped that her arrival might bring them some relief , but not one of them wanted to stand up in front of the boss 's relative and complain about the mill . |
| 28 | Shackel became indignant and said he would fetch a magistrate and complain about the Chief Constable 's attitude , which he did . |
| 29 | Only then did he stand with his back to the fireplace and look about the room . |
| 30 | If they feel that taxation is unfair , intelligent people take advantage of vastly improved financial communication and look about the world . |