Example sentences of "[pron] about a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Claire is like that : one minute she knows nothing about a subject like ballet , and the next she 's a world expert . |
| 2 | But even he could do nothing about a shot from Bishop which flashed past a group of players from the edge of the area but went the wrong side of the post and a header by Martin seconds from time which was cleared off the line . |
| 3 | ‘ Stuart Baxter said nothing about a woman , ’ said Vic . |
| 4 | There is nothing about a general right to follow the property over which the trust exists ; the question is purely quantitative . |
| 5 | The genial mayor , Monsieur Gerard Thibaut , met our questions with blank bewilderment : ‘ I know nothing about a picture of the Fallen Madonna hidden in a Bratwurst sausage , ’ he said . |
| 6 | ‘ There was no message to give , nothing about a ransom or anything ? ’ |
| 7 | Certainly , given that in the words of one critic , the implementation of Model B , for example , would result in ‘ a massive realignment of powers and institutions , raising profound questions of identity for the universities as well as the polytechnics ’ the Green Paper says little or nothing about a national policy for higher education . |
| 8 | There was nothing about a delivery in his early morning instructions . |
| 9 | Till receipts say nothing about a business ’ overheads . |
| 10 | And , in those pages anyway , the book had said nothing about a split . |
| 11 | I have a very vague idea of what this terrible crime is that I 'm trying to get to the bottom of , that you have rats in the basement of your best hotel , or you know , there 's a house falling down somewhere and you 've done absolutely nothing about a closing order , any of these kind of things , but I do n't know a lot about it . |
| 12 | He went to Mr Vigo for them about a month back . ’ |
| 13 | Suppose you are having a conference for your sales people to tell them about a new product . |
| 14 | Under the persuasion of the Bow Street Runners , information was wrung from them about a meeting of the Wokingham Blacks , and a complete troop of Horse Grenadiers was drafted down to the forest . |
| 15 | ‘ To tell them about a misunderstanding ? ’ |
| 16 | One day Mr Bumble came to tell them about a woman who had died in an extremely poor part of the town , and Sowerberry and Oliver went to collect the body . |
| 17 | I fancy that 's what bothers them about a possible American end : whether Harry 's going to do any investigation of his own ideas over here . ’ |
| 18 | Which means that we talk to them about a reasonable rate at which they can pay their rent . |
| 19 | statistically , I get far more phone calls from record companies , lawyers and very occasionally from publishers telling me about a new act they have just signed . |
| 20 | An East African Asian Hindu women told me about a man 's responsibilities ( her husband was carrying them out very successfully , she said ) ‘ I think it is a man 's fault if his wife is backward . |
| 21 | A remark which someone had once made to me about a man who had gone mad in the camp came clearly out of the darkness : |
| 22 | The customer has ‘ opened up ’ to me about a significant current problem . |
| 23 | Keane , who is being pursued by Liverpool , Manchester United , Arsenal and Blackburn , admitted : ‘ Forest have spoken to me about a long-term contract , but I do n't want to get to the point where I am arguing over details and money . |
| 24 | I also had a rather childish trust in the police until the day they turned up on my doorstep to question me about a murder . |
| 25 | It 's taken me about a year to realize that the things I put down do n't actually disappear of their own accord . |
| 26 | She sent Gwenellen to sit with him , because she wanted to tell me about a telephone call from General Francis . |
| 27 | What worries me about a desire for achievement which finds its vindication solely in number is the externality of it all . |
| 28 | Mr Timothy 's telling me about a gypsy girl he and Andrew Manners met today . |
| 29 | Rodney Lines , editor of the Newsletter , and Baron Wright taught me much that was new to me about a favourite poet . |
| 30 | ‘ The last time I saw him he 'd been drinking pretty heavily and he pushed me about a bit . |