Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] about [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is hardly surprising that , after what he had witnessed , he should set about some slaughter of his own . |
| 2 | One evening , I sat on the rocks at Land 's End , watching the sun set across the ocean , when I felt a sudden urge to find a standing stone circle which I 'd read about that day . |
| 3 | And then we 'd cycle to Pilton , and I was completely happy beside my big fine-looking uncle with his shiny blue-black hair while he made some dinner , and then we 'd potter about all afternoon in his garden and his little greenhouse . |
| 4 | If it was a er you know , if it was really attractive to them , something they wanted to do , they would bring about those compromises themselves . |
| 5 | Only a society in which people feel secure in their peer groups can bring about such mass action from below . |
| 6 | God is seen as one who can bring about such kairoi in history , and who has a will for humankind . |
| 7 | The fact that a cause of the wine 's being cool , say refrigeration , is my means-this is the fact that ( i ) I can bring about that cause , and ( ii ) it is a cause of what I desire . |
| 8 | Because an excess of caffeine can bring about many of the symptoms of stress and because these symptoms actually impair mental ability , you are likely to find yourself making foolish mistakes . |
| 9 | One of my arguments is that the mechanical relations of work can bring about this withdrawal . |
| 10 | ‘ I hope all this shit that 's going down can bring about some sort of understanding , ’ says NWA 's Eazy-E about the riots in Los Angeles . |
| 11 | If we find out who killed the Daine projection , I figure we can bring about some sort of dramatic crisis and finish the whole thing off . |
| 12 | One thing I can remember about that evening was that I could n't eat anything . |