Example sentences of "and [verb] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you feel constantly anxious and frightened about food , if you can not take pleasure in eating or in your body , if you know deep down that something is wrong , then it is irrelevant what you weigh or whether your immediate health is at risk ; you should take yourself and your feelings seriously , and look for help . |
| 2 | I was nervous and frightened about the future , yet excited because of being so . |
| 3 | Dorothea wiped her eyes and blew her nose and looked around her , at the overcoated figures , huddled and sneezing about the table-tennis table under the Vestry lights . |
| 4 | He drew the attention of the soldier-in-charge and explained about his position in the club . |
| 5 | Prof Eno took us aside and explained about mummy rabbits and daddy rabbits . |
| 6 | My solicitor and barrister came and saw me , and explained about parole and remission , and told me there was no point in appealing . |
| 7 | All the stories I 'd read about him and heard about him from other caddies were true ! |
| 8 | At ten o'clock I put the radio on and heard about the man who 'd escaped from Rampton . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm so sorry , ’ Julia said , thinking of all she had read and heard about the battle at Monte Cassino . |
| 10 | In September and October we read in the papers of the heavy raids on London , and the more we read and heard about them the more difficult it became to understand how people could survive . |
| 11 | I suppose it was a shock to her , that we 'd talked to Miss Rose , and heard about Celia and Donna . |
| 12 | But Hermens said he was confident Krabbe would be cleared after he had talked to leading athletics officials and heard about another report from the World Health Organisation ( WHO ) which also classifies the drug as a stimulant . |
| 13 | Anyone who 's vigilant knows what 's going on and they 're aware of what 's happening , so again it , it shows that we must do something as they said on that motorway , the thing to do when you feel yourself going into drow drowsiness is , is stop the car perhaps , get out and have a walk round , do something , I know I , er in the past when I 've felt myself going off to sleep in those situations , I 've been pinching myself and , and really making yourself do something rather than just sitting there doing nothing , cos that 's the way we just go off and get lowered into sleep and our lives are involved in this , we 've read and heard about people that have gone to sleep on motorways have n't they ? |
| 14 | But Dilys Powell could reasonably complain of Jamaica Inn ( 1939 ) that there was ‘ hardly any suspense , hardly any of the building up to a climax which makes the dullest American film tolerable ’ , and enthuse about Carol Reed 's A Girl Must Live ( 1939 ) , saying it showed how the British could make ‘ a comedy which has the speed and glitter and impudence of the best American comedies . ’ |
| 15 | He stopped for a moment and gazed about him . |
| 16 | Mary described to Mick how the young girl had stood in the hall , her face cupped between her palms , and gazed about her , while the tears ran down her face and she kept muttering , ‘ Oh Martin ! |
| 17 | Easy Rider was the motivation for a lot of things and for those not familiar with the story , it is one of free love and excessive drugs and of American society as perceived by Hopper in 1968 , with some moralistic warnings about drug use and undertones about the consequences of such a lifestyle — but only if you were actually looking for them . |
| 18 | Peter and Paul will want to remember their Mummy as she was before she got ill , and how much she loved and cared about them when they were younger , even if the illness makes here different . |
| 19 | Within days of the outbreak of war , prominent Arab-Americans were being visited by the FBI and asked about their knowledge of international terrorism . |
| 20 | In order to be accepted as a Safe-Buy approved supplier , firms must prove through their accounting system that they are financially sound ; they must prove they hold proper current insurances ; they must supply a list of recent customers , at lest 12 of whom are contacted by the Safe-Buy team and asked about their satisfaction with their recent home improvement ; finally , further checks are made on the company through the relevant consumer protection associations to ensure that the applicants reputation is untarnished . |
| 21 | In PFK September , S. Kyme of Grimsby wrote and asked about sexing and breeding Clown Loach . |
| 22 | And she brightened up so much , and in a moment was wide awake , and asked about everything . ’ |
| 23 | Helen headed for the nearest one and asked about photograph albums . |
| 24 | She spoke rationally to them and asked about their families , but during the night she died in her sleep . |
| 25 | A Japanese man came in and asked about the china ducks . |
| 26 | Anyhow it was like the sea and boats and everything else and I used to I was working in a shop and I use to get up early in the morning and go down and tally all the numbers and names of the boats and and there was an old man came in to shop while I was working in and asked about a certain boat , I says oh I can tell you , trek down . |
| 27 | He started to speak but Jorge came in and asked about dinner and Maggie slipped out . |
| 28 | As requested I wrote and asked about self-catering accommodation at the conference and I received a reply saying that there 's one house that erm she 's come across that she thinks might be particularly suitable for us . |
| 29 | I believe that local authorities should have a strong housing function that we as local authorities should be providing good , well managed social housing in which our tenants have a say , where we have good tenant participation , where we have tenants taking a part in the sorts of repairs that they want to see , where every year they are er consulted and asked about where they want us to go next in terms of modernisation and repair . |
| 30 | ‘ John was put in a corner recently and asked about his fitness and said he thought he would be back in November . |