Example sentences of "be about [pers pn] " 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 | ‘ I think the more arrogant or full of themselves they are , the more they think the songs are about them . |
| 4 | You see how wrong you are about her , hmm ? ’ |
| 5 | Well I mean I ca n't say enough for the people in the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary , I mean they 've got a great burns unit there and I mean er er I think the plastic surgeons and what knot are about they must be some of the best in the world . |
| 6 | How a pop star looks is made too much of , though , the way some people are about it . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | And while you are about it , please drop that stupid name Aotearoa for New Zealand . |
| 9 | 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 . " |
| 10 | 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 |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | those boxes of crackers are about I think they 're about fifteen pound a box and the three |
| 13 | ‘ A lot of them are about you . |
| 14 | He was regarded as a ‘ big-head ’ , he played truant , got into trouble for telling a lie , and was lectured by the headmaster in front of the whole school because of the complaints there had been about him . |
| 15 | Although she was reasonably sure that Harry was still in love with her , she was concerned at all the talk there had been about him marrying the American girl . |
| 16 | These top directors will not be forgotten in the future , for apart from their films , much has also been about them . |
| 17 | ‘ Do you know how concerned I 've been about you and this damn phantom baby ? ’ |
| 18 | Look , Rory , I 've been wrong about a lot of things in my life , but never more than I have been about you , right from the start . |
| 19 | Well that 's why she has n't been about you see . |
| 20 | There had been some pedals and a lever and the steering wheel , and that had been about it . |
| 21 | 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 |
| 22 | ‘ I fail to see how they can be private when they 're about me . ’ |
| 23 | They 're about I , I , I think the pri price was one and three . |
| 24 | ‘ True , but they have a pleasant time in the sun while they 're about it . |
| 25 | Er , he said , while we 're about it , you could n't lend me your bass as well , could you ? |
| 26 | ‘ Why not beat the others too while you 're about it ? |
| 27 | And while you 're about it , where can I get something to eat ? ’ |
| 28 | While you 're about it , get him in for some For Eyes . " |
| 29 | And while we 're about it I 'll give you the name of the best dentist in America . |
| 30 | ‘ 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 ! |