Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] about [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is good news indeed and the students and families concerned are most grateful for all the support which helped bring about such a satisfactory outcome . |
| 2 | Hidden in a bus and estimated to contain about half a ton of dynamite , the bomb ripped a wall of the nine-storey DAS building and badly damaged nearby buildings . |
| 3 | Hidden in a bus and estimated to contain about half a ton of dynamite , the bomb ripped a wall of the nine-storey DAS building and badly damaged nearby buildings . |
| 4 | Cos I 'd lost about half a stone in weight , and I was cut down on chocolate biscuits , and I , what I 'd been doing I was was at my tea , at five o'clock , I was eating another at ten o'clock , I reckon I was overdoing it a bit you know with the I was trying to cut down a lot |
| 5 | Photosynthesis probably began to evolve about half a billion years after the first living things appeared — about three billion years ago — and so the process of oxygenating the atmosphere began . |
| 6 | I think we managed to contact about half of them personally in this way . |
| 7 | After the ‘ woodshed ’ rehearsal , and usually the next day , comes the second ‘ run through ’ , followed by a full dress rehearsal timed to end about half an hour before the production hits the network . |
| 8 | I had given about half of the statement to a copy stenographer by telephone ( a normal procedure ) when a man with a southern or midland English accent intervened . |
| 9 | At the far side of the church , old Mr Pugh , who had swallowed about half a kilo of compost , was coughing furiously . |
| 10 | By 1920 it was appreciated that the Great War had brought about many changes , particularly in Europe and around the Mediterranean area ; Europe 's domination of the world had been weakened , and there was a marked decline in ‘ colonisation ’ , as well as a gradual change from ‘ British Empire ’ to ‘ British Commonwealth ’ , although it took another war to finalise that process . |
| 11 | Church sermons and public preaching had brought about many conversions , and catechisms had proved useful in inculcating Protestant beliefs . |
| 12 | He often wondered what it was that had brought about such a change in their relationship . |
| 13 | She heard his sobbing tale with less sympathy than was its due ; it did not occur to her that she herself , by coming here , had brought about all his troubles and her own . |
| 14 | When Richard Baxter returned to Kidderminster in 1647 he found the Civil War had brought about some changes which were helpful to his ministry . |
| 15 | Several factors had brought about this new attitude . |
| 16 | What ever had brought about this strange union ? |
| 17 | Ford suggested that three developments had brought about this weakening of the president 's position . |
| 18 | I suppose we had gone about half the distance we had to cover , and then we broke into a trot and some of the men began to shout . |