Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | Glumness apart , he nonetheless would like to be thought of as a comic writer and indeed , though its themes are class , race and sex , what most impresses about The Buddha of Suburbia is that it is full of humour . |
| 2 | I may be a little biased about this one , but I now consider it to be of a very high standard . |
| 3 | They said they had not been properly consulted about the venue and formed a rival organisation , the Professional Chess Association , to manage the championship . |
| 4 | However , with three exceptions , there was little evidence that disabled people and their organisations were properly consulted about the kind of service which they wanted . |
| 5 | Two of the younger ones rather shyly explained about the workings of the creamery . |
| 6 | Although fourteen answers to the fragmentation question concern housework , the housewife rarely thinks about the work she is actually doing . |
| 7 | People have rather forgotten about it , although that does n't stop the government taking legal action against former agents who want to write about it . ’ |
| 8 | An interest in music that I had rather forgotten about until the thought of Millie in the lane reminded me . |
| 9 | Even Hitler , whose life and ideology glorified an untrammelled lust for power , surprises by his docility under discipline as a corporal in the first World War , and the little reported about his sexual tastes suggests that they were masochistic . |
| 10 | He was most understanding about the needs of our party . |
| 11 | There is no point in denying them , even though we may justifiably quibble about the subjectivity of palaeontologists , the imprecision of the boundaries and the importance of the hidden gaps . |
| 12 | The Western world annually produces about one billion tonnes of industrial waste . |
| 13 | What grotesque outlandish possibility was it that made Piphros so certain , so frightened about it ? |
| 14 | The Northern Regional Strategy Team had commented on the relatively small rate of owner-occupation and planners had long whinged about the impact of the shortage of ‘ executive housing ’ on industrial development . |
| 15 | ‘ So far as I can see , he only thinks about snooker , his girlfriend and pop music . |
| 16 | We can only think about it . |
| 17 | ‘ Tony can only think about himself . ’ |
| 18 | My right hon. Friend knows that Opposition parties constantly carp about the level of pensions in Britain . |
| 19 | Alter all , the swarm can only cover about a metre of ground every three minutes . |
| 20 | Do n't blame me if you only read about Drayton and Taverham classes . |
| 21 | ( It is important to write them down , rather than merely think about them . |
| 22 | However , he said they only asked about staffing contracts between Ling and the health authority , which were all above board . |
| 23 | What lessons , anything arithmetic , mental arithmetic , dictation which I was bad at , my school report was about fair , fair , fair , poor , poor , poor , that 's what mine was , I only got about one excellent . |
| 24 | No one had realized the seriousness of the illness , and the players only heard about his death from newspaper billboards on their way to the ground . |
| 25 | He had obviously heard about the strange fish from the two boys at the pub , and anything concerning the river was Herbie 's concern . |
| 26 | Looking back on his varied career , Haslam is somewhat guarded about passing on any pet theories on how to manage at the top . |
| 27 | The days when Europeans could idly theorise about ‘ burden-sharing ’ with America and building a ‘ European pillar ’ inside NATO are over . |
| 28 | After a year or so of disappointment , my Dad gently explained about air waves , and I reasoned that if Dick Barton could send his voice through the air waves , God certainly could . |
| 29 | I also said that banks were not sufficiently up-front about their charges and made some suggestions for changes , such as displaying a poster in each branch and printing details on statements . |
| 30 | I 'd better think about getting you out of here . |