Example sentences of "about [pers pn] the [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | He 's worried about them the whole time . |
| 2 | ‘ But I never felt remorse about them the same way I did about him . |
| 3 | ‘ They are looking fresher and bouncier , and I just sense there has been a lot more energy about them the past 10 days . |
| 4 | ‘ I was only thinking about you the other day , David , ’ said his grandmother , settling herself in a high-backed chair , her feet planted firmly on the floral Axminster carpet . |
| 5 | Tall , ruddy-faced and tending to corpulence in his early forties , he had about him the self-satisfied air of a man who has already achieved some measure of public acclaim ; he wore his thick shock of fair hair brushed across his forehead from a centre parting in two matching wings , and his upper lip was thatched with a fashionably luxuriant mustache . |
| 6 | I mean I 've never met Mrs. Thatcher , the only thing I know about her the only facts I have about her I 've got through the press . |
| 7 | She had about her the rich glow of a woman who excelled at everything which constituted a woman 's work . |
| 8 | He had talked to Apthorp about her the previous afternoon , and it was clear she had exaggerated his anxiety about her health . |
| 9 | However , although these five writers belonged to a minority group in their society , and although they say that their experience derives from a source greater than human reason can comprehend , they are fired with a certainty that it is intimately related to the deepest needs and purposes of human being , and has about it the simple inevitability of fulfilment . |
| 10 | When you think about it the ancient Greeks had some pretty good ideas . |
| 11 | In spite of all the centuries which he had to learn about it the traditional ship-wright seemed to be unable to understand about shear . |
| 12 | I 'm sorry about the turning a blind eye I er I er Mr I really do feel that if you are passionate about it the one way to get rid of this debate is to vote for my motion . |
| 13 | And erm these things used to used to sort of wind the r the the the spring or the leather thong around th top and start it off to spinning you know and then you 'd keep whipping it like that and you could make these things jump into the air , in fact a friend of mine was telling me , we were talking about it the other day . |
| 14 | About the homework bit er I thought about it the other day and obviously mine was n't brought up we 're having a set detention night are n't we ? |
| 15 | It 's only cos I fucking told him about it the other night . |
| 16 | about it the other day aye he says but they were n't supposed to cut anything down he said , they were only supposed to cut a bit off the top . |
| 17 | I was talking about it the other day and you go and it all comes , it hurts and , and it comes out and you ca n't even hold it down either cos it just comes in your mouth dribbles out the side . |
| 18 | Anyhow , he , he bakes bread and he was talking about it the other day and I said oh that 's lovely homemade bread . |
| 19 | When you think about it the two big problems are transport and communication |
| 20 | And before Sally-Anne could do anything about it the tall young man was tucking her arm in his , and walking her briskly along at such a pace that she was horrified to discover that Rose and her companion were gone , lost behind them as fresh crowds emerged from yet more emptying theatres and dance halls . |
| 21 | Night fishing can be enjoyable in its own right , even without the added attraction of fishing at the most likely times for fish to feed , but only if you go about it the right way . |
| 22 | But squatting itself is not illegal if you go about it the right way . |
| 23 | Her tone teasing , she added , ‘ If you went about it the right way I 'm positive you could have her eating out of your hand in no time at all . |
| 24 | ‘ She also said if you went about it the right way you could have me eating out of your hand . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Then clearly I have n't gone about it the right way . ’ |
| 26 | Some modern parents would be horrified at this ritual but my mother had the strong belief that as death comes to all , the sooner you learnt about it the better . |
| 27 | However , Dry was really fizzy and horrible , and the least said about it the better . |
| 28 | There was a discrepancy somewhere and perhaps the less said about it the better . |
| 29 | I think the more people you talk about it to about it the better , especially people who are in it , |
| 30 | So , the least said about it the better . |