Example sentences of "about [pers pn] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there 's two ways of getting them off if they do latch on to you , one is to burn them off with a cigarette or a match and the other way is to use rock salt , and if you put rock salt on them they then just come off so that 's a little bit erm more humane for the leeches but it depends what you feel about them really as to whether you want to give them another chance . |
| 2 | There 's a quasi-religious , Gospel feel about it all as grown women clap and cheer . |
| 3 | ‘ But I was cautious about it too as I 'd seen both sides — the periods of unemployment as well as the glossy side of my father being in something so popular like Howards ' Way . ’ |
| 4 | Howard smiles , and frowns , and thinks about it seriously as they all have tea in the orchard , and Miriam , in her dark glasses and clothes for motoring out to the country in , smokes furiously to keep away the insects , and chatters on about what happened when they went to dinner with the Chases the previous week , and Michael Wayland forgot Prue 's name . |
| 5 | She would have reported the ship as soon as she discovered it but instead her first reaction was purely selfish — to tell no one about it so as not to spoil her peace . |