Example sentences of "about [pron] or [verb] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | She surprised herself , the words came out , she had not thought about them or thought at all about this subject . |
| 2 | The consequence was inertia ; no controversial issue could ever hope to be resolved satisfactorily , so governments , preoccupied with survival , merely tended to forget about them or postpone them to some indeterminate future date . |
| 3 | I 'd spent so much time on my own , sitting watching birds , or reading about them or drawing them , that I did n't make many friends , and those I had took second place to the birds . |
| 4 | You will probably find that much of what they offer is excellent , but that something is missing ; certain aspects of movement are neglected — it is thought necessary to know about them or try to communicate them through teaching . |
| 5 | The next best thing to climbing mountains is reading about them or attending slides-theatres or watching films . |
| 6 | She can not guess at his anxieties or burdens because she has never encouraged him to talk about them or found time to stop whatever she was doing and listen . |
| 7 | At the close of the Ecclesiastical History Bede wrote that such serious commotions had characterized the beginning and course of the reign that it was impossible to know what to say about them or anticipate their eventual outcome ( HE V , 23 ) . |
| 8 | Saying positive things about ourselves or having positive things said to us actually produces a chemical response in our brains . |
| 9 | It is much easier to talk about something or explain if you have it in front of you and even though the listener can not actually see it you will be able to paint a mental picture for him . |
| 10 | If we do not know about something or do not realise what is addressed can be understood in another manner or seen through another lens , it skews our viewpoint ; it limits our options ; it clouds our perspective . |
| 11 | Now the the girls did n't know it was there and it 's a good job that they were n't talking about him or talking about anybody . |
| 12 | If it is left as an optional extra , it 's too easy to forget about it or to decide not to bother . |
| 13 | Feel vibration from your own voice through the vibrator ; do n't think about it or analyse how it happens — just let it happen . |
| 14 | Does it say I 've got to do anything about it or does it say I 'm on it anyway |
| 15 | I mean there 's carnage on these roads of ours , and people are just not doing anything about it or taking it seriously enough . |
| 16 | If and when a participant to the agreement fails to carry out one of his or her duties , will you let it ride , gripe endlessly about it or decide in advance a system of penalties ? |
| 17 | But er , know I , I do n't think I ever heard anybody think about it or say anything about a , an air raid like , you know . |
| 18 | I should not wish the young King to know about it or see , for he would not find it to his liking ; but I fear , so white is the stone , that he can not fail to see it from Mathefelon . |
| 19 | What sort of misguided speech was that ? were they dance about it or trim here , what they 're saying very simply and this is relevant to the people who are listening to us today , is that they are not prepared to restore the cuts made by the government which they have got elected . |
| 20 | * Do n't talk about yourself or comment on the exam unless you are explicitly asked to . |
| 21 | They are like patients , who , suspecting that something is seriously wrong , steadfastly refuse to see a doctor in the hope that their troubles will clear up without the need to be told the truth about themselves or undergo painful treatment . |
| 22 | Gradually I lost the courage to speak out about anything or to question anyone ; I started suffering from palpitations . |