Example sentences of "and [vb -s] about [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | However they should not be a worry for a pilot who is well trained , and who keeps in practice and thinks about the conditions before each flight . |
| 3 | He parks it on the carpet in the bay window of his plush Deptford Park , south-east London terraced house , surrounded by Sega Megadrive games , and thinks about the long-lost days when he was a young , hip rent-a-gob Cockney git on NME . |
| 4 | A REGIONAL councillor , Terry Penny , was stripped of his membership of committees , sub-committees and working parties for three months by a meeting of the full council yesterday because of unruly behaviour and remarks about the Grampian convener , Bob Middleton , and the policy and resources chairman , Morag Morrell . |
| 5 | Your Labour Council involves people in council decision and cares about the people of Oxford . |
| 6 | A lifelong Conservative who has always been politically active , and who has fought this seat in the last two local elections , Margaret lives in Headington Ward , and understands , and cares about the local issues . |
| 7 | Later there would be the questions and answers about the war , the old familiar stories of the way in which people had been shot down . |
| 8 | After the bubble burst and concerns about the market grew , annual Show results became closely watched indicators of market strength . |
| 9 | On a more subjective level social isolation may also refer to feelings of loneliness and concerns about the quality and quantity of social contacts . |
| 10 | If the acquirer 's solicitors are to prepare the agreement , it is very important that they are fully informed as to the acquirer 's aims and concerns about the acquisition and its assessment of its bargaining position and that they discuss the draft with the acquirer before it is released to the seller . |
| 11 | He regrets the occasional difficulties on the sound and picture quality ( the pictures were of course bouncing across several satellites ) , and complains about the number of commentators . |
| 12 | The state of emergency was repeatedly extended , and a string of massacres gave rise to continuing claims and counter-claims about the disregard for human rights , although in February 1990 the repeal of emergency regulation 55F removed the authority under which the security forces could dispose of bodies without any inquest ( a particular feature of their late 1979 campaign in crushing the JVP insurgency in the south ) . |
| 13 | She invites me into the living room , pours me a coffee , sits down beside me , slips her shoes off and groans about the working day she has just been through . |
| 14 | In fact I was n't particularly anxious , although my diary is full of the usual teenage moans and groans about the impossibility of absorbing any more information , and the exams themselves are described as ‘ foul ’ , ‘ really foul ’ , or , at best , ‘ not very nice ’ . |
| 15 | He dances and moves about a lot , ’ said a spokeswoman . |
| 16 | This month Ken takes the plunge and sets about the daunting task of buying a new machine . |
| 17 | Howard gets up and walks about the room with his coffee , smiling , and taking care not to fall over the furniture . |
| 18 | And although he co-produces with Michaela Strachen , she is clearly positioned as his — she 's the bimbo who goes along and enthuses about the dancers , whereas he knows where it 's at musically , because he is , after all , a famous producer — he is the man with the knowledge . |
| 19 | A clever alien wants to steal the spaceship , and knows about the laser torch , so it puts on a blindfold as well . |
| 20 | What is white on top and white on the bottom , green in the middle , and leaps about the room ? |
| 21 | A cymbal splashes to the tune of a brandished stick of drum and runs about the auditorium , bashing its head on the available hard surfaces , fastly chased by a bass note from another kind of guitar-mad guitar . |