Example sentences of "them [verb] about the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rose , laughing , took the gloves away as he pretended to need them to wear about the house . |
| 2 | Mothers are all right , I suppose , you 'd miss them fussing about the place , but ould fellows are like that hind tits of a cow – no good for use or ornament . |
| 3 | Contact the local press and encourage them to write about the band and advertise or review your gigs . |
| 4 | As the train slowed to a halt , he remembered other drivers , mostly some of the ‘ old hands ’ , talk about Bridge 173 and how some of them joked about the ‘ strange sightings ’ near it . |
| 5 | A common denominator both of these critiques and of positivism and natural law theories , is that most of them speak about the law — even if this is seen to have many facets . |
| 6 | David Fullerton , of the Sierra Club , an environmental lobby group , says : ‘ They want to use new technology or more water while we want them to talk about the crops they 're growing . ’ |
| 7 | Nevertheless , without interfering , an adult who is obviously interested in what they are doing can encourage them to talk about the choices they are making regarding size , shape and texture . |
| 8 | In the week after the election we asked our panel to look back Over the whole campaign and tell us how useful they had found television , the press , and other sources for : ( 1 ) helping decide what party leaders and personalities were really like ; ( 2 ) keeping them informed about the issues ; and ( 3 ) helping them decide how to vote . |
| 9 | By a letter of 17 October 1991 those solicitors asked the local authority to keep them informed about the progress of the assessment that was being undertaken of the father and his partner . |
| 10 | They left the hatch open , and we could hear them going about the barge , arguing with the bargemen . |
| 11 | Romany mimed them going about the boat , looking here and looking there . |
| 12 | Ask the person what their best friend would advise them to do about the situation . |
| 13 | Listening to them complaining about the usual stuff ! |
| 14 | Since then , speculation that families living close to high-voltage cables are at a greater than normal risk from childhood leukaemia and other cancers , has made them wonder about the safety of their sons Daryl , aged 2 and Jack , just 8 weeks old . |
| 15 | Education provided a good example of the accommodation feminists had to make in regard to scientific theories of sexual difference and the ambivalence many of them felt about the whole issue . |
| 16 | Early reports suggested that few of them knew about the registration process because the government 's public information had been put out on a Friday , the first day of the Kuwaiti weekend . |
| 17 | When the boy fell into Beth 's arms , Cissie collapsed in a fit of laughter , grabbing the boy to her , and the two of them rolled about the floor , giggling and fighting . |
| 18 | The nuns led them through a series of exercises which encouraged them to think about the good in themselves , and to know that God , in His love for them , has forgiven their sins . |
| 19 | ‘ We have to appeal to the parents , asking them to think about the mothers whose sons will never come home . ’ |
| 20 | You see , to let you understand , this was maybe about four or five years after nationalization and prior to nationalization of course , was under the L M S , Street Station and were under the L M S and was under the L N E R. But when I arrived at , I heard them talking about the Callie see , the Callie railway . |
| 21 | Most of them complained about the taste of lactulose and the amount of the pancake but consumed it all . |
| 22 | Examination had also revealed several hooded eyes in the head , torso and arms ; all connected by a massive circuitry of unexplainable nerves and sinew which , although with no brain to relay messages still saw them , still swivelled and watched them move about the room as they examined it . |
| 23 | I heard them talk about the ‘ good creature ’ who did these ‘ wonderful ’ things . |
| 24 | Did you hear them say about the horoscopes ? |