Example sentences of "about them [conj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stan Reynolds , Harry Little , Carl Einstien and Fred Grummidge may not have the same ring about them but between 1950 and 1960 these were the names on the footballing tongues of Whaddon . |
| 2 | Their farms were usually small , often less than a hundred acres , and we know much less about them than about the gentry . |
| 3 | ‘ If some people think that I live in a void , as you put it , ’ said the poet on television , ‘ perhaps that tells us more about them than about me . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , we still make certain assumptions about them and about our relationship to them , otherwise we would simply not know how to orient ourselves towards the language , or what to say . |
| 5 | You may snort and think that this is very far-fetched but you can be assured that the majority of lecturers who appear before you not only know their subjects but are enthusiastic about them and about transmitting their knowledge to you . |
| 6 | Erm , but we 're told this interesting thing about them , mainly that , er about them and about us as well , that their true self is not their current bodily condition . |
| 7 | He was worried about them and by the time he came down the gang had gone . |
| 8 | He tends not to formulate and face the difficulties that he encounters sufficiently rigorously , and erm to on the whole get away with difficulties by the skilful way in which he writes about them and by his wit . |
| 9 | I gave McDunn the two names last night and told him the respective professions of their owners , then clammed up , just refused to say any more about them or about the body . |
| 10 | I knew about them because of being at art college and I took Steve and Paul down with me and introduced them to a scene they knew nothing about . |
| 11 | Well , you do n't wan na worry about them because at the end of the day , I mean if if that was absolutely desperate I shall turn round and say well I 'm sorry I 've bloody got to and that 's it ! |
| 12 | But I wo n't breathe a word about them until after October the eleventh . ’ |