Example sentences of "[pers pn] about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm going to infiltrate the skinheads and tell them about black people . |
| 2 | Long John told them about Black Dog , saying , ‘ That was how it was , was n't it , Hawkins ? ’ |
| 3 | For example , they have reanalysed studies of mother-child bonding and maternal deprivation ; have criticized conclusions drawn from them about good mother-child relations ; and have extended investigations of these relations to take into account , not just maternal exclusivity and sensitivity , but children 's relationships with other adults and children , and the physical , psychological and social quality of care . |
| 4 | I mean , tell them about natural selection and all that and do n't mention God . |
| 5 | ‘ So you would , for instance , have lunch with people in government departments to talk to them about particular policies . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ He asked me if I 'd been teaching them about poisonous plants , ’ said Corbett Farraday . |
| 7 | The restaurant manager called all his waiters together to warn them about shady customers . |
| 8 | In the afternoon , Harry Armstrong and reactor physicist Dave Maxwell held a question and answer session for them about Scottish Nuclear , the power station and nuclear energy in general . |
| 9 | In addition they try to contact homeworkers and provide Factpacks in several languages to inform them about local authority facilities which already exist — like childcare and contact centres , and telling them about the health and safety risks of homework and how these can be reduced . |
| 10 | Even worse , you would tell me about new poems you had started to write , and it was like a dagger in my heart when you described working on them without my help — though the real reason you had come back to see me was to labour over them with me , adding my suggestions and excisions in the margins in your minuscule script . |
| 11 | But Forest manager Clough , already upset with his team 's disappointing start , yesterday declared : ‘ Both players have been to see me about new contracts but they 're not getting them . |
| 12 | They put the ideas together and I suddenly became aware that they were teaching me about substitutionary atonement . |
| 13 | I guess he was still mad at me about Syrian George . |
| 14 | The hon. Gentleman asked me about future numbers . |
| 15 | He 's absolutely fanatical about them — full of stories about their characters and sounding me about various treatments . |
| 16 | Mother wrote me and told me about poor Simon 's death , but what about Yanto and Nigger . |
| 17 | Once or twice Paula teased me about nude swimming , and once she gave me a brief conducted tour of the gardens and the house . |
| 18 | Took me , took me about bloody two days to do your last one |
| 19 | My memory fails me about specific details but was there not a death here eight months ago ? ’ |
| 20 | She kept phoning me up to tell me about Crowded House tickets and that she could n't get any . |
| 21 | I was remembering what my father had told me about other conquering heroes who had tried to attack the great bear . |
| 22 | ‘ Do n't even think of asking me about female membership , ’ barked the old Sgt-Major . |
| 23 | There are a number of issues which still concern me about continuing education for students with disabilities , just as they did when I entered college life — for example , the fear and ignorance that often surrounds this seemingly homogeneous condition known as ‘ disability ’ , and the unmitigated prejudice and stereotyping of people who do not ‘ fit ’ into a mythical category commonly known as ‘ normal ’ . |
| 24 | The hon. Member for Linlithgow also asked me about competitive tendering and the tendering process . |
| 25 | I mean you asked me about formal education , and immediately we 're talking about nursery education . |
| 26 | I mean you asked me about formal education and immediately we 're talking about nursery education . |
| 27 | My father warned me about French men . |
| 28 | ‘ How about if you do n't talk to me about weird , ’ Charity said , with her first touch of impatience . |
| 29 | ’ The thing that bothers me about English training is that although acting is as demanding as ballet or opera , dancers and singers work out every day . |
| 30 | ‘ Because everybody asks me about American central heating . |