Example sentences of "about it [coord] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We think it might be voles , we think it could be squirrels , we do n't seriously think it 's anything bigger but I 'm afraid we do n't think there 's anything you can do about it but if you want further investigation then if you send these objects to Fred care of the programme , he will give you a personal diagnosis . |
| 2 | Can I make the point that if you do n't get to the parents of kids kids , before the end of summer term you could be jeopardising the chances of what they 're doing in the SATS because if you get to the parent erm in the beginning of the spring term and say you know , Fred is not doing particularly well because of this the parents are then in a position to do something about it but if you actually tell them once , basically the stable doors closed what can |
| 3 | Britain 's manufacturing base is declining not just because the Conservative party seems to care so little about it but because of so many companies ' wilful refusal to respond to changing market signals . |
| 4 | I 'd read all about it but when you 've actually got it , it 's horrible . |
| 5 | Efficiency sounds like a strong claim , but actually it is pretty weak : all it means is that current information is available to everyone , either because they know about it or because enough people do , so that it is fully represented in the price . |
| 6 | He did n't really mind which one , the Hallé would do for a start , but he had n't the faintest idea how to go about it and nor had anyone else . |
| 7 | ‘ Everyone is talking about it and before the pictures come out you can bet all the top designers will be using rope . ’ |
| 8 | She said that she knew about it and that she had known for quite a while . |
| 9 | My wife Tracey went to evening classes to learn about it and that proved very helpful . |
| 10 | The pattern differs from that associated with efficiency and threat : the least experienced teachers are more or less neutral , the most experienced are negative , feeling that there should be personal professional benefit ( i.e. , promotion ) in return for involvement in SSE ; that more information and debate are needed about it and that it should not be made compulsory . |
| 11 | I felt very positive about it and that it was coming out the way we hoped it would . |
| 12 | The theory of the new international division of labour has been criticized for its uncompromising condemnation of TNC operations in the Third World , on the grounds that there is not very much that is new about it and that it relies on an empirical base that is far too limited ( see , for example , Cohen , 1987 , ch.7 ; Jenkins , 1984 ; Gordon , 1988 ) . |
| 13 | Then you drop back into your usual slot but I tell you what if you go skiing and your not hundred percent fit or as fit as you can be from what I 've , what I 've read about it and that your gon na be in a right two and eight out there . |
| 14 | He seemed bright enough and very eager to learn , but when I went to the school to see his work I found that his handwriting was very , very bad and his spelling was absolutely atrocious , and although he was good at mathematics , as time went on he began to get very worried and very upset about it and when I looked at his work I realized that he was doing a lot of the words back to front and was getting the direction of figures mixed up . |
| 15 | As I blundered on in my explanation I realised he had forgotten all about it and if I had kept my mouth shut the problem need never have arisen . |
| 16 | The Indianapolis 500 is one of those races with a special mystique about it and if you talked to Mario about that one victory , he would admit the sheer joy of victory , ‘ going from chump to champ ’ in three hours , he called it in his autobiography . |
| 17 | But that 's gon na take about five or six years to come to frui fruition because all the er chief constables are talking about it and if anything works slowly it 's chief constables . |
| 18 | He said , " I 've talked to Mum about it and if you do n't want to get married then no one is going to force you to . |
| 19 | I 've left a message for Beest Chris to ring me back back about it and as yet he has n't rung me back . |
| 20 | I mean I 'm aware of the thing that 's what makes me ask you more about that account , but I am worried about it and and actually in a way are in a very good position . |
| 21 | And well I remember hearing about it and and saw it probably as I grew up myself . |
| 22 | Big decisions we talked about it and and that 's what he wants to do , so that 's what we 're gon na do . |