Example sentences of "be about it " in BNC.
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| 1 | While I am about it , I had better apologise on behalf of a contributor , who was castigated by post for not looking up the meaning of a phrase that was , to him , mysterious . |
| 2 | I was slightly annoyed at Jamie saying anything , even jokingly , about me going to the toilet ; he knows how sensitive I am about it . |
| 3 | How a pop star looks is made too much of , though , the way some people are about it . |
| 4 | WHILE we are about it , I have been told of another effect that , for heaven 's sake , could not have been stumbled on by Francis Bacon . |
| 5 | And while you are about it , please drop that stupid name Aotearoa for New Zealand . |
| 6 | The second in command : The chief in awe of his Adviser ( cf " Whale " in " Using Poetry " , Chapter 2 ) , Monarch 's dogsbody , Deputy , go-between : " I ca n't do anything about it , but I 'll tell her how unhappy you are about it . " |
| 7 | I think glass , metal , reinforced concrete , fibre glass , brick are about it , ca n't think what else they make a building out of these days |
| 8 | So they 're telling you what their needs are , how concerned they are about it and what they wan na do about it because they 're more inclined to take your advice when they see you second time round , because telling is n't selling . |
| 9 | There had been some pedals and a lever and the steering wheel , and that had been about it . |
| 10 | No , I do n't want to do it but I mean I 'm not I 'm certainly happier than I have been about it if |
| 11 | ‘ True , but they have a pleasant time in the sun while they 're about it . |
| 12 | Er , he said , while we 're about it , you could n't lend me your bass as well , could you ? |
| 13 | ‘ Why not beat the others too while you 're about it ? |
| 14 | And while you 're about it , where can I get something to eat ? ’ |
| 15 | While you 're about it , get him in for some For Eyes . " |
| 16 | And while we 're about it I 'll give you the name of the best dentist in America . |
| 17 | ‘ Do that , and , while you 're about it , try to remember that we 're colleagues , and that colleagues do not go around kissing one another ! |
| 18 | Salmonella , Legionnaire 's — I mean , let's have some real crises while we 're about it . |
| 19 | Okay , my mum 'd probably buy me one for my birthday but that would be about it . |
| 20 | ‘ You have a message to deliver here , and so have I. Let's be about it . ’ |
| 21 | No there 'd be there 'd be about It must be two hundred feet above . |
| 22 | ‘ Give me your blessing , sir , ’ she said , the devout child , ‘ and be about it , and never look over your shoulder . ’ |
| 23 | 2–0 will be about it , I do n't think City will come out much even if they go a goal down . |
| 24 | That 's about that 's gon na be about it . |
| 25 | Too long a winter or no , the Hauxwells must be about it . |
| 26 | Oh of course , yes , you know , fifteen letters a day sort of thing , that 'll be about it , yes . |
| 27 | ‘ Put mine there too , ’ she said , ‘ and while I 'm about it , anyone who would like to join our Amateur Dramatics Group is very welcome . |
| 28 | ‘ Right , and I 'll take a shufti round the wood while I 'm about it . |
| 29 | Those questions seem to me to be inexorably leading to ‘ And while I 'm about it , why do n't you clean your fingernails and wash your hair ? ’ |
| 30 | What the hell , though , while I 'm about it — the whole truth . |