Example sentences of "[verb] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | 'How about repeating that line , like a chorus … |
| 2 | He had explained about Ari , vehemently disagreed with Zambia 's suggestion he should make himself known to the girl , and tortured himself out loud with conjectures about how Roirbak and Leila might , at this very moment , be destroying Ari 's abilities beneath their feet . |
| 3 | Has he explained about last night ? ’ |
| 4 | After a year or so of disappointment , my Dad gently explained about air waves , and I reasoned that if Dick Barton could send his voice through the air waves , God certainly could . |
| 5 | He drew the attention of the soldier-in-charge and explained about his position in the club . |
| 6 | Prof Eno took us aside and explained about mummy rabbits and daddy rabbits . |
| 7 | While much remains to be explained about dreaming , a number of findings have been made which are by now uncontentious among scientists . |
| 8 | My solicitor and barrister came and saw me , and explained about parole and remission , and told me there was no point in appealing . |
| 9 | Gregson had called immediately and Houghton had explained about the fingerprints and how he was sure he now had positive identification of at least one of the bodies . |
| 10 | Two of the younger ones rather shyly explained about the workings of the creamery . |
| 11 | She had sorted out the reins now and Caspar had explained about just touching the horse 's flanks with her heels to spur it to a gallop . |
| 12 | The superintendent explained about the name of the guest Nicola was expecting to meet . |
| 13 | When you are ready , gently come back to the room and write down what the exercise revealed about your way-of-seeing the world . |
| 14 | In fact , working women were more independent and less likely to marry early ; and the real significance of this controversy was what it revealed about the ideological assumptions of ruling-class men . |
| 15 | ‘ It could be that I 've simply never felt strongly enough about anyone , ’ she cut in , instantly wishing the words unsaid as she realised how much they revealed about her feelings for him . |
| 16 | If you feel constantly anxious and frightened about food , if you can not take pleasure in eating or in your body , if you know deep down that something is wrong , then it is irrelevant what you weigh or whether your immediate health is at risk ; you should take yourself and your feelings seriously , and look for help . |
| 17 | What grotesque outlandish possibility was it that made Piphros so certain , so frightened about it ? |
| 18 | I was nervous and frightened about the future , yet excited because of being so . |
| 19 | But perhaps it would be nice if somebody gave you a gift voucher for Christmas and it said an eyebrow trim , and you were dying to have an eyebrow trim but you did n't know where to come , and perhaps you were a little bit frightened about having one , so , it might , you know , get you to come into the salon . |
| 20 | Were it to do so , literally hundreds of thousands of people would tonight not be sitting at home frightened about whether they might be dragged into the courts and on to prison . |
| 21 | Not frightened about not knowing the answers but frightened about not hearing the questions in the first place . ’ |
| 22 | Not frightened about not knowing the answers but frightened about not hearing the questions in the first place . ’ |
| 23 | And what he said , prophesying about the future , saying what would happen in the future in this case . |
| 24 | He prowls about the place , you know , on his own , and dreams of springing a dazzling surprise on the archaeological world some day . |
| 25 | Food had become an obsession with everyone ; even the children talked and schemed about it constantly ; even the Padre , at this period , could hardly fall asleep without dreaming that ravens were coming to feed him but alas , no sooner did these winged waiters arrive with nourishment than he would wake up again . |
| 26 | They could feel angry , embarrassed and even guilty because of the comments of over-anxious parents who keep hinting about their longing for grandchildren , or make it clear that they think there should be no more . |
| 27 | AFTER three years of hinting about it , Gencor , one of South Africa 's biggest conglomerates , finally announced on May 11th that it will break itself up . |
| 28 | You were right to break with him if you decided that you had made a mistake in accepting him , but oh , my dear , your uncle Orrin tells me that he dare not inform your father of the dreadful things Havvie is hinting about you for fear of what he might do to Havvie . |
| 29 | In the end Brodkey 's apparently stupendous equipment as a writer , that sense of an almost Flaubertian anxiety about pitch and cadence which plays about every sentence , can scarcely conceal the second-hand quality of his inventions . |
| 30 | Dorothy L. Sayers was writing her series of radio plays about the life of Christ called Man Born to Be King . |