Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | My right hon. Friend knows that Opposition parties constantly carp about the level of pensions in Britain . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | And for all Martin Stannard 's fair-minded efforts to encourage our pity , it 's very difficult to stir up much regret about that . |
| 4 | At 5 o'clock forget about work and give some in-depth thought to what 's happening at home . |
| 5 | An Owen West title , so expect about two-thirds of the sales that he would get for a new one . |
| 6 | well there the sort that you only want about a couple at a time at the most |
| 7 | Only today matters , so forget about tomorrow , pack your bags , and prepare yourself for a magical holiday . |
| 8 | So forget about that attractive person on the floor below . |
| 9 | So forget about you know , like think of a cage of swallows . |
| 10 | I ca n't take her with me and I ca n't leave her here , so forget about it , Bill . |
| 11 | Resistors are like pipes , if you work with a resistance it 's always one over so forget about resistance , deal with conductance . |
| 12 | Yeah well that 's what I was gon na say , so forget about the other blue ones they can have that . |
| 13 | His sorry tale is one long whinge about his own suffering — his lack of sex , his loneliness , his sleeplessness . |
| 14 | Yet , in practice , students in Western countries only protest about these things if they can detect them in their own , or allied , cultures . |
| 15 | It 's amusing anecdote central with the rent-a-gob Cockney git and erstwhile punk rock Hip Young Gunslinger as they fondly reminisce about their halcyon days at The World 's Greatest Rock Weekly with a greenly envious IAN McCANN |
| 16 | Lady Hamilton ( 1941 , That Hamilton Woman in US ) , which Korda made in America with Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier , works most of the time as a love story , but the messages that constantly obtrude about men whose ‘ insane ambition ’ makes them want to destroy what others had built are not organic to the main narrative . |
| 17 | We must bring costs under control , preserve quality , preserve choice , and reduce the people 's nagging daily worry about health insurance . |
| 18 | Although it only cost about eightpence ha'penny an ounce then . |
| 19 | But we 've got so many new courses so worry about that er that does n't present a problem . |
| 20 | I 'm not really used to being so personal or so open about things in public but want to tell you of my great sadness in life . |
| 21 | The media constantly complain about defamation law , with some justice . |
| 22 | But he could not say Vivien 's name then , he could not even think it , only look about him fearfully , clenching his hands . |
| 23 | ‘ I expect you only know about rateable values an' that . ’ |
| 24 | I only know about my approach . |
| 25 | Though I only know about it from what men say . |
| 26 | I only know about the room . |
| 27 | ‘ You obviously know about my sons . |
| 28 | her book also contains a lot of dialogue which again I find really important because ‘ To Kill a Mockingbird ’ is a very emotional story , but what I especially like about Harper Lee 's style is that she is able to add a comical aspect to some of the more serious scenes . |
| 29 | It is conceivable that the modest groundmass variations ( A–D ) derived by and , on the scale of a thin section , reflect uncertainties inherent in their technique , in which case a ‘ trend ’ would represent only scatter about an average composition . |
| 30 | Only talk about things that are true and really happened . |