Example sentences of "[Wh pn] have [adv] [vb pp] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it does seem to me that erm the minute you suggest to a Parish Council who has already complained about illegal encampments on roadsides and laybys that there is a good site in their patch , there is an immediate reaction , and I am thoroughly convinced that this reaction is based on a fear that is actually based on ignorance , and that we have to remember that travellers of any description — and I do n't categorise them like Peter does — travellers of any description are human beings . |
| 2 | Suppose for example that I am a smoker who has just heard about the dangers of lung cancer . |
| 3 | As almost every woman who has ever complained about jokes against women has been told , ‘ Where 's your sense of humour ? ’ |
| 4 | When bonds came on the market after this time they were sold quietly by the Bondholders Committee to members of the Club with a long term , proven interest in its affairs , who had either enquired about bonds or were offered them being regarded as suitable individuals . |
| 5 | The positive picture of British government began to lose its gloss ; academics who had previously written about the political system in positive terms now turned their attention to the problem inherent in that system . |
| 6 | I waved at the receptionist , who had obviously forgotten about me , as I left , saying : ‘ Sorry , the despatcher 's given me the wrong street . ’ |
| 7 | It was all very well for the intellectuals to associate the movies with the mindless masses , but the masses who went to cinemas in the 1920s were rather different from the masses who had so enthused about films twenty years earlier . |
| 8 | De Gaulle , who had never murmured about leaking taps or malodorous drains , remained somewhat out of favour with the group for the short time remaining . |
| 9 | Fenella , who had almost forgotten about this , was cheered , because it was impossible to be afraid ( well , almost impossible ) with Bith and Culdub and Flaherty and the rest of them . |
| 10 | After the show the band chill out in the car park , meeting Carpettes from around 16 , who got in on borrowed ID , to those in their mid-20s sucking on roaches who have just heard about the band along with The Charlatans UK ( ! ) and want their logo in felt tip on a T-shirt . |
| 11 | One-2-One is also aiming at people who have never thought about owning a mobile phone because of the cost . |