Example sentences of "or a [noun] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he was younger he 'd write songs about a laughing gnome , or a song about a laughing policeman , and I think it was a great outlet for David because he could almost blow his character out of all proportion and be able to pretend whatever he wanted to pretend , which is what actors and pop stars do . |
| 2 | I am left with the cup the idea of that ordinary physical object — or a proposition about the cup . |
| 3 | It became a parting of the ways , not a harmless flutter over whether to have a bit of a change or a grumble about poll tax . |
| 4 | A ton does not mean about a ton , or a yard about a yard . |
| 5 | To pick once again examples relevant to awareness , philosophers have often argued on the assumption that since an observer can not be mistaken about what he sees or hears ( although he may mistakenly suppose that he has seen or heard it ) , or a thinker about what he knows , there must be infallible operations by which to arrive at this certainty . |
| 6 | Highways Department , with it 's usual highways briefing , that comes every month , erm a pamphlet or a booklet about highways in winter , we ought to put around . |
| 7 | If you have a compliment or a complaint about your journey we would like to know , please write to : |
| 8 | If I had a hunch or an idea about these killings I 'd tell you . ’ |
| 9 | This may as easily refer to discourse type as to discourse topic ( Lecture notes on X , for example , or An article about Y ) . |
| 10 | And some of them were once of potential legal and economic importance : a deed of sale or an agreement about water rights ; a declaration of constructive divorce , and so on . |
| 11 | Did the headline amount to a statement of fact — ie that Lord Kemsley was a byword for publishing dishonest journalism — or an opinion about the quality of journalism in Kemsley newspapers ? |