Example sentences of "about [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was quiet , polite , and concerned about everyone he met . |
| 2 | It would be technically possible , for instance , to hold in less than 1 terabyte detailed information for every individual in the world , akin to that collected about everyone in the UK through the Census of Population . |
| 3 | This is important because you reach judgements and conclusions about everyone you meet based , first and foremost , on these observations of their behaviour . |
| 4 | When general it ordains a standard , which however has not more but less authority than the particular choice , since it depends on a generalization about everyone 's reactions in a recurring situation , which is as vulnerable to exceptions as any other generalization . |
| 5 | She cares about everyone . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I like to know everything about everyone . ’ |
| 7 | I do n't know what you think about everyone followed by their . |
| 8 | He 's just nasty about everyone but you 're nasty about people you like just to suck up to him ! |
| 9 | " Goodness me , do n't start taking that as a compliment , she cares about everyone 's feelings , she 's an archetypal victim , she 's an absolute fool about other people 's feelings , and let me warn you , I may as well warn you , the more she dislikes somebody , the more somebody annoys her , the more careful she is not to hurt their feelings , in fact the only people she is ever rude to are people like me and Gabriel and Papa , I mean people she cares for enough not to worry about being fair to . |
| 10 | She concerned herself about everyone — the neighbours , the tramps , the gipsies , the feral cats and the condition of the local trees . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't actually care where she is , ’ said Camille , beginning to lose her fragile temper , ‘ but Mum does , or at least she says she does — she cares about everyone , do n't you , Mum ? |
| 12 | Do n't you care about everyone ? ’ |
| 13 | I care about you , about Susan , about everyone who has ever worked at that factory . |
| 14 | She sensed a similar , blissful confidence about everyone around her : the barman , cheerfully serving his customers with a lightning speed , the boatmen and labourers , and the shop girls , who seemed completely sure of themselves and unashamedly exuberant . |
| 15 | ‘ In a small village , the most minor event is discussed endlessly because nothing very much ever happens , and everyone knows everything about everyone else … ’ |
| 16 | If the right hon. Member has the evidence , he should place it before the Home Secretary , the police and other appropriate authorities rather than come here , in the time off that he has from his interviews on Sky , to make wild accusations about everyone involved in immigration matters . |
| 17 | Individuals can only do their jobs well in this context if they know a great deal about everyone else 's jobs and problems . |
| 18 | Malcolm Muggeridge wryly but perceptively noted , ‘ Facts were wanted about everyone and everything — cross-sections of society , symptomatic opinions and observations , detailed investigations and statistics ’ . |
| 19 | Individuals can only do their jobs well in this context if they know a great deal about everyone else 's jobs and problems . |
| 20 | What about everyone else — ever been a mate , colleague , love-child of anyone who 's ever played for us ? |
| 21 | What about everyone else — ever been a mate , colleague , love-child of anyone who 's ever played for us ? |
| 22 | The bit about everyone in the in a dinner queue . |
| 23 | You think you know everything about everyone ! |
| 24 | ‘ It 's about everyone having their own Everest to climb . |
| 25 | So fine was her memory and so good were her stories about everyone from Mrs Simpson ( ‘ so angular , all elbows and knees ’ ) to Stanley Baldwin ( ‘ a terrible old humbug about the countryside ’ ) that it was a great pity she refused to write her memoirs . |
| 26 | Experts from 25 different agencies will be on hand with health care information about everyone from babies to pensioners at St Peter 's Church , Rock Ferry . |
| 27 | This is beautiful this song , it 's all about everyone loving each other and |
| 28 | but , yeah , but anyway erm Foxy said that you know he 's not going and Hugh is going , Hugh is apparently really rude about everyone , especially when he gets drunk . |
| 29 | From the viewpoint of this being and objective experiment , I would be a little bit worried about everyone knowing the nature of the experiment you had in mind , because , as you probably know , in industrial studies there 's a well-known effect , I think it 's called the Hawthorn effect , which merely by studying a group of people you change their behaviour and their output , simply because they know that you 're taking an interest in them and they 've got some idea of your expectations . |
| 30 | From the viewpoint of this being an objective experiment , I would be a little bit worried about everyone knowing the nature of the experiment you had in mind because , as you probably know , in industrial studies there 's a well known effect , I think it 's called the Hawthorne effect , which merely by studying a group of people you change their behaviour and their output simply because they know that you are taking an interest in them and they 've got some idea of your expectations . |