Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [prep] [v-ing] about the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his classic manual , Working Lads ' Clubs , Russell argued that the principal aim of clubs was ‘ to provide youths of the poorer classes with an opportunity of becoming happier , healthier , and better citizens than they are likely to become if they spend their leisure in loafing about the streets ’ . |
| 2 | Farmers can find common cause with their workers in complaining about the ‘ interference ’ of outsiders in their own farms ' and the village 's affairs . |
| 3 | When she had chosen the least remarkable and staggered downstairs in a pair of high-heeled purple boots the others got their revenge by wheezing about the room in hysterics once more . |
| 4 | To my disbelief , Vitalis had started his course by teaching about the Sign of the Cross and the Our Father . |
| 5 | She kept on his wavelength by talking about the subjects that pleased him most — and these frequently concentrated on the state of his behind . |
| 6 | police said the attacker probably planned to rape [ the 14-year-old schoolgirl ] in his car after reading about the ordeal of the motorway monster 's victims . |
| 7 | He claims the Bishop justified his actions by talking about the suffering of martyred saints . |
| 8 | In addition Curzon fairly soon reverted to his habit of complaining about the way in which he was treated by his Prime Minister . |
| 9 | ‘ He may have taken his life after hearing about the death of the family . ’ |
| 10 | In " ideal " circumstances , the male joker releases his frustration by joking about the woman with a second male — an inhibitor of the desired intimacy — who thereby becomes a conspirator with the teller in the indulgence in smut as a substitute for the sexual act . |
| 11 | Delays need to be of more than an hour before compensation is paid out , and even then you need to have bought your ticket before knowing about the hold-up . |