Example sentences of "about [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Members working on behalf of a prisoner learn a lot about that country — its culture and political allegiance for example — knowledge that is no longer useful when the case is closed . |
| 2 | He felt a need to discover who he was , and to write directly about that , and about his books , to step out of the shadows . |
| 3 | You might also think about that other bastard son , Philip , in King John , a merry , pranking , politically astute fellow , with a wry , salty style . |
| 4 | What do you feel about that ? |
| 5 | Being technically aware of your body is very important and the more drama school does about that the better . |
| 6 | Something about that visit to the oculist in Salisbury with Marcus , he wrote . |
| 7 | But do n't you understand about that — that tout ? ’ |
| 8 | You can think about that , all by yourself in your room . |
| 9 | ‘ Why did he talk to you about that anyway ? ’ demanded Ethel . |
| 10 | ‘ You were wrong about that foreign gentleman , ’ said Mr Eames to Thomas in the kitchen between courses . |
| 11 | Mrs Hill was right about that last point , anyway . |
| 12 | The manager there was quite happy to take people on social security so I would n't have any trouble about that . |
| 13 | ‘ Hey , do n't worry about that . |
| 14 | ( I thought she was joking about that , but actually she was n't . ) |
| 15 | Anyway , there are others worse off than me , I 'm under no illusions about that . ’ |
| 16 | It 's run by a private charity and they do n't normally accept referrals from outsiders but they did n't want to be too dogmatic about that . ’ |
| 17 | Have I already told you about that one ? |
| 18 | ‘ No , do you have any ideas about that ? |
| 19 | None of us have ever forgotten about that , you know . ’ |
| 20 | I 've been really glad about that . |
| 21 | The piece is essentially about that . |
| 22 | How did he feel about that ? ’ |
| 23 | How did Susan feel about that ? she wondered . |
| 24 | You could write about that . ’ |
| 25 | How about that ! |
| 26 | It was hard to top Michael Caine , and later the woman confessed she was n't even sure about that one . |
| 27 | He obviously felt really guilty about that . |
| 28 | Thus what I called Crime and Punishment 's apocalyptic naturalism is its most vital link with The Possessed ; I mean , when Dostoevsky read about that gang murder in the Moscow Record his mind 's eye was caught not by a bizarre and therefore very newsworthy incident but by the seed of a foul commonplace : the seed in eternity , in the deepest realism , though also in the mere mundane future , for Dostoevsky did imagine a time when only the most spectacular acts of terrorism would get headline treatment . |
| 29 | Their value for the reader lies in enlarging or changing our perceptions , in helping us to break out from a deadening routine ; in short , the carnivalesque : ‘ The prophets of extremity put up a distorting mirror against our world — but one which properly attended to , can tell us something about that world , and about the possibilities of changing it , or changing ourselves . ’ |
| 30 | You are quite right about that . |