In this post, we do a search in the iWeb corpus for how ‘about’ is tagged:
1 ABOUT (II) 22037137 simple preposition
* * about_II * *
1 YOU THINK ABOUT IT, 14959
we‘re constantly coming out to people,
so really you should be good at it.
2 DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. 10723
3 . ABOUT THE AUTHOR 9220
4 . ABOUT THE AUTHOR 8063
5 THAT ‘S ABOUT IT. 7155
6 I THINK ABOUT IT, 7004
7 NT KNOW ABOUT YOU, 6869
8 CAN DO ABOUT IT. 6793
9 TO THINK ABOUT IT. 6461
10 LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW TO 6251
11 N’T KNOW ABOUT YOU, 6221
12 DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. 5948
13 TO TALK ABOUT IT. 5906
14 YOU THINK ABOUT IT. 5183
15 N’T WORRY ABOUT IT. 4915
16 TO GO ABOUT IT. 4200
17 TO DO ABOUT IT. 4133
18 TO THINK ABOUT. 4118
19 NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. 3985
20 . THINK ABOUT IT. 3977
2 ABOUT (RG) 3728749 grading adverb before an amount
* * about_RG * *
1 . ABOUT A YEAR 2025
in the paper,
there was a story about the Zodiac.
2 . ABOUT HALF OF 1404
3 . ABOUT A WEEK 979
4 . AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR 928
5 . ABOUT AN HOUR 824
6 IT FOR ABOUT A YEAR 745
7 IT TAKES ABOUT AN HOUR 737
8 . AFTER ABOUT A WEEK 733
9 COOK FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES 706
10 TOOK ME ABOUT AN HOUR 687
12 IT FOR ABOUT A WEEK 653
13 , AND ABOUT HALF OF 617
15 . AFTER ABOUT A YEAR 591
16 THERE ARE ABOUT A DOZEN 551
19 . ABOUT TWO YEARS 490
3 ABOUT (RPK) 438095 BE + about to-infinitive:
* * about_RPK * *
1 THINGS ARE ABOUT TO GET 1085
I‘m sorry to say
things are about to get much worse for you.
2 WHAT WAS ABOUT TO HAPPEN 1073
3 YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE 988
4 THAT IS ABOUT TO CHANGE 848
5 WHAT IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN 844
6 I AM ABOUT TO START 838
7 I WAS ABOUT TO SAY 826
8 I’M ABOUT TO START 817
9 I WAS ABOUT TO GIVE 765
10 THAT’S ABOUT TO CHANGE 765
11 I’M ABOUT TO SAY 746
12 I WAS ABOUT TO GO 746
13 HE WAS ABOUT TO BE 731
14 IT’S ABOUT TO GET 720
15 YOU ARE ABOUT TO READ 718
16 I AM ABOUT TO SAY 686
17 YOU’RE ABOUT TO SEE 681
18 I’M ABOUT TO GO 673
19 I’M ABOUT TO DO 639
20 THAT IS ABOUT TO BE 597
4 ABOUT (RP) 121562 particle (sadly RP will also catch the above RPK by the corpus software. They seem incorrectly tagged)
1 IS ALL ABOUT. 7235
2 TO WORRY ABOUT. 5974
5 ABOUT (RL) 442 locative
1 AROUND AND ABOUT. 7
2 AROUND AND ABOUT THE PLACE 7