Example sentences of "or [v-ing] [noun] about " in BNC.

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1 When I 'm not making programmes or writing articles about food , I run a very busy pub from early in the morning to the wee small hours — and the last thing I want to do then is cook a meal . ’
2 Opinions ranged from outright support to outright opposition , with many respondents expressing concern or seeking information about particular aspects of the application .
3 Ask the average person how much time they put into training their voice or obtaining feedback about the effect of their voice on others , and they will probably consider you to be a little mad .
4 Plastic bucket A lightweight hold-all for transporting fertiliser or water , depositing weeds and plant thinnings when working , or carrying tools about the garden .
5 Again it is not merely the experiencing of the occurrence of each of these events on a number of occasions which is expressed , but rather what is known about the persons referred to by the subjects of these sentences as the result of either experience or receiving information about them from some other source .
6 To her , language seemed to be nothing more than a means of discovering the price of butter or exchanging views about the weather .
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