Example sentences of "it about [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is putting it about that he is in favour of one of America 's most important — and sensitive — trade demands : that Japan should open its markets to rice imports . |
| 2 | Furthermore , when Joseph explained to his brothers the purposes of God that had been running through the events they had been caught up in , he used terms recalling the promises of Genesis 12 : ‘ … you meant evil against me ; but God meant it for good , to bring it about that many people should be kept alive , as they are today ’ ( 50.20 ; see , too , 45.4–11 ) . |
| 3 | Jefferson resigned from Downton International shortly afterwards , and put it about that he was fed up with working with such a large company . |
| 4 | Without mentioning it to me Mother effectively torpedoed this submarine of rumour by putting it about that Mr Broadhurst was my guardian . |
| 5 | Being credulous in matters of sorcery , they began to put it about that the Frank doctor not only had the power of expelling demons but had dominion over them . |
| 6 | It was one of the things that brought it about but they they could bury her there , but only the Anglican |
| 7 | Another , more understandable , view was that there was not a lot of it about and the trick was to get your hands on it . |
| 8 | The army which set out to recover Berwick from the Scots in July 1319 was some 14,000 strong , but it ended with a humiliating retreat and flight into England ; undoubtedly the Scottish outflanking movement which penetrated deep into England was the major contributor to this disaster , but acrimony between Lancaster and Edward may have helped bring it about and was certainly magnified by it , so that afterwards the relations of the two men rapidly deteriorated just at the time when Despenser the younger was antagonizing other magnates as well . |
| 9 | The technique of panning , therefore , is to cause the gold to sink in the pan by jiggling it about and washing the gold-free surface gravel out over the rim of the pan . |
| 10 | Oh aye , yeah , you used to shake it up and then bash it about and , er |
| 11 | So it 's that is very alarming to think that erm somebody putting it about or happy to make available to others information about my domestic arrangements and my habits . |
| 12 | So I 'll leave it about if you do n't bother if you 're not but er I , I , I think that they 're er they 're very good organizations . |
| 13 | Then he speared a square of fried bread and dipped it in , turning it about until it was yellow all over . |