Example sentences of "[indef pn] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stood behind her , his hands falling to her nape like someone about to fix the clasp of a necklace . |
| 2 | Singer grinned like someone about to reveal an amazing piece of gossip . |
| 3 | Lord Goddard was then in only his sixth year as Lord Chief Justice , never looked like someone about to retire , and indeed continued in office for three years after Sir Winston gave way as Prime Minister in 1955 . |
| 4 | She looked towards the Archdeacon and recognised the signs of someone about to take the plunge . |
| 5 | ‘ Of course there someone about ! ’ |
| 6 | As she said it she grinned from ear to ear , physically contorted by her joy into a sort of bow , arms out stiff behind her like someone about to fly . |
| 7 | ‘ He had the look of somebody about to invite you home to cold chicken and salad with a mug of real warm English beer , ’ she continued as they walked the long black-and-white-tiled corridor . |
| 8 | It had to be done in the night , they explained , when there was nobody about and we could take some home with us providing we kept our mouths shut . |
| 9 | It would be their horse , and he could learn to ride it — in the evenings perhaps , when there was nobody about . |
| 10 | I watched it for some time but there 's nobody about . |
| 11 | There was nobody about to see me knocking on Sally 's door . |
| 12 | I looked round as I went , checking there was nobody about . |
| 13 | ACTUALLY STEVE Albini is someone you should know everything about , if only for Big Black , the Chicago-based hellcore punk terror band he formed in 1981 who had a parallel career of equal importance with the likes of Hüsker Dü and Sonic Youth , whose best records managed to combine an obsession with the eternally disgustingness of life with a guitar noise beyond punk , metal and , indeed , language . |
| 14 | Are you sure you told me everything about that night ? ’ |
| 15 | I just want you to blot out everything about that morning . |
| 16 | For her there was always a strange excitement in his presence of something about to happen . |
| 17 | Something about there being no place like home but he could n't go home in the dark . |
| 18 | The strength of this method is that managers give their views on their peers — in other words , on firms they should know something about . |
| 19 | I think I was just miserable , and it was far easier to believe the reason was something I could do something about , rather than face the fact that my depression was very complicated , based on things like my family not having much money , and feeling very isolated and different from the kids at school . |
| 20 | But the main identity that people know something about is the culture . ’ |
| 21 | During the night , there was always something about — vehicles , mail-vans stopping about the station , and occasional people . |
| 22 | These included being prepared to listen and acknowledge Tony 's difficulties , helping his father and girlfriend view them in a more understanding way , after allowing them to ventilate their feelings , clarifying the nature of Tony 's problems and helping him focus on those which he could do something about . |
| 23 | So the parts that you can remember are possibly parts that God really wants you to hear AND do something about ! |
| 24 | The first level is something that the climbers can do something about , and that is removing their rubbish . |
| 25 | He muttered something in the direction of his wife , something about ‘ if she had a moment ’ . |
| 26 | Teachers and teaching are subjects that most people claim to know something about , based on their own school experience . |
| 27 | The slighted Samaritan can , of course , reply on her own behalf that she does care about suffering in general but that she cares much more about its manifestations that she can do something about and that involve her personally . |
| 28 | But there is another , very important matter social work can do something about , which , over time , will do more than anything to raise the profession 's standing . |
| 29 | So I made a collage that said something about that day and their plight , and named it after one of the banners they were carrying . ’ |
| 30 | As we were still undergoing our basic training , we were not allowed to have a bar and nor would we be allowed to make a tour of the rest of the bars in the regiment , a ruling which Mike , Marius and myself were determined to do something about . |