Example sentences of "about it [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ruth 's conscience was troubled over Dick : not because of what they had done together — that had been wonderful and whenever she thought about it her body ached , her breasts tingled with longing to experience it again — but because she now knew , had known it from the day after he had brought her home , that he was not the man she wanted to marry . |
| 2 | I think about telling her that Andy was there , in his sleeping bag , listening the whole time , but while I 'm thinking about it something goes wrong ; there must have been a flaw in one of the glasses , or the weight is just too much , because there 's a cracking sound and one side of the pyramid starts to collapse , sending an avalanche of falling glass and frothing champagne spilling crashing down off the table and smashing , bouncing and splashing onto the mats and the floor below . |
| 3 | The dealing manager was still laughing : " Before you get on the market , you should know something about it yourself . |
| 4 | Do n't worry about it yourself . ’ |
| 5 | Well , go on , do n't stop there , I 'm sure the rest is just as fascinating — presumably that , yes , you knew Ryan , but when you flew over to find out why the hell he could n't get something so simple as planning permission you decided to do something about it yourself , and there was gullible little Hilary , all ready and waiting to fall into your arms . |
| 6 | If you do n't talk about it nothing will happen , and this problem is n't going to go away , it needs to be solved . |
| 7 | Maybe he 'll tell you about it himself some time . ’ |
| 8 | He had come to entertain serious doubts about it himself . |
| 9 | He was n't sure he really wanted this , which was perhaps why he had not done much about it himself . |
| 10 | He had thought , here was somebody senior he could pass responsibility to without having to do anything about it himself . |
| 11 | ‘ Summerchild did n't tell you anything about it himself ? ’ |
| 12 | This sort of argument is so commonly used in the social sciences that it almost passes unnoticed ; but as soon as one stops to think about it one is faced with the problem in hand . |
| 13 | Now , part of that might just have purely the ritual that 's associated with things like coronations and investitures , but surely if people had felt so strongly about it they would n't have turned out in such numbers , er to support her . |
| 14 | But I think all the silliness is all part of actually adjusting to the condom , and something to do with the embarrassment that because they do n't know enough about it they , they do n't want to be er , seen to be silly |
| 15 | Or the fall out about it they could still all three prove . |
| 16 | And when you think about it they must be illegal , cos if a shop puts up a sign saying no money refunded they are , are trying to take away your statutory rights . |
| 17 | If you think about it they 're selling drink there without licences . |
| 18 | When I asked them about it they all said : ‘ Oh , you 've had cats all your life , you wo n't get it ’ ’ . |
| 19 | Talk about giving the game away ! if these people did n't make it so obvious that they 'd pissed their lives away with drink and were n't prepared to do anything about it they 'd get a bit more sympathy . |
| 20 | They d do n't make so much fuss about it they distribute it and it gets on very satisfactory and people er , are very happy to receive these tickets . |
| 21 | ‘ I wish I could go myself but if she complains and London hears about it they 'll put a stop on me doing anything . |
| 22 | Yes I must say I , I personally sympathy with that I mean I think that erm , women 's er role is er very much despised and disparaged it should be because if you think about it they 're having the children and bringing them up , well this is one of the most worthwhile things to do |
| 23 | Talk about giving the game away ! if these people did n't make it so obvious that they 'd pissed their lives away with drink and were n't prepared to do anything about it they 'd get a bit more sympathy . |
| 24 | What I 'm saying is if you keep a most people what that that 's a bit that 's a very very very good point Lynne about it they were all higgledy piggledy subjects . |
| 25 | I mean they can wear if you think about it they wear suits in the middle of summer where we 're into sleeveless linen dresses . |
| 26 | because men feel cold more , I mean they can wear , if you think about it they were suits in the middle of summer where were into sleeveless |
| 27 | When I think about it they did ha erm , but I 'm fed up with talking about school ! |
| 28 | I mean just when you think about it they they were actually following estate agents when they went out to value a property . |
| 29 | But of course , I mean , we know little about it they do say if you have had a heart attack it 's no good you know , as soon you get up and you start eating going for five mile walks |
| 30 | We must assume either that Warnie 's memory exaggerated the virulence of her hostility to Jack 's conversion , or that there was some particular thing about it which affected her more than anyone else . |