Example sentences of "about [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We talked about hair we talked about make-up . |
| 2 | He did n't talk about groups he was involved with but I did know that he was playing with a group . |
| 3 | We are talking here about notes you are talking for yourself rather than a piece of work which requires your best copper-plate style . |
| 4 | If the police were thinking about blackmail it would n't be long before they got to Barbara Porter . |
| 5 | Marlowe was charming , witty , and very , very funny , but there was something about Millet I did n't like . ) |
| 6 | If this is the case , check what materials there are — you might be able to make suggestions to your students about programmes they would find interesting to watch . |
| 7 | If it is possible to show that existential propositions are equivalent to denials of the validity of inferences of a certain kind , then instead of talking about existence we can confine ourselves to talking about the validity of inference . |
| 8 | Do n't worry about money he 's alright , no he 's said he 'd come and have a look if he sees , he 's gon na have a look at it first , see what he thinks . |
| 9 | This is a vindictive and intolerant motion it sets an unfortunate precedent and in this debate about freedom we should support the rights of our tenants to choose . |
| 10 | The only thing about Mills he 's not natural left sided player . |
| 11 | ‘ No pressure , but now that I know about Francisco it makes sense to leave them as soon as I find something suitable . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ If I hear anything about Pascoe I 'll pass it on . ’ |
| 13 | In an effort to distract himself , Guy considered all the questions about Isabel he was beginning to amass . |
| 14 | When asked about Sarah she turned up her nose and sniffed . |
| 15 | A recent visit to Bangladesh and India gave me photos which have educated others about cultures they are not fortunate enough to have experienced . |
| 16 | They are given advice choosing topics by their tutors , the librarian talks to them about skills they will need ( based on the nine steps approach ) " and range of information available . |
| 17 | Something about skills you know like telephone technique you know how can you measure somebody 's telephone technique ? |
| 18 | As an extension of Acheson 's ideas about communism it was likewise impossible for Americans to think of the Chinese embracing communism of their own volition and rejecting the US in such a humiliating fashion . |
| 19 | ‘ Thanks to what you told me about Lisa I now realise , perhaps for the first time , just how much influence people in the music world can have , albeit quite unknowingly , over impressionable youngsters . |
| 20 | It is on the face of it a very simple amendment to a quite a small and in some sense insignificant piece of legislation that is n't , erm I hope members would agree that by changing that piece of legislation to say that if you 're a trader you must display who you are and how people can get hold of you if the have a problem about products they buy from you , will not be too burdensome erm in these days of deregulation and so forth but on the other hand would help enforcements considerably and would also enable people to pursue their own remedies where they are dissatisfied with what they bought . |
| 21 | When we asked buyers on your behalf , about products you would like Sainsbury 's to sell , we discovered all sorts of interesting things . |
| 22 | Well anyway something about University you know all these studies they do . |
| 23 | However , it is that means that over the last few years every time we have actually debated about budget we recognised that the force had unwillingly and against the judgement of the majority of this council , not necessarily er bounded by political affiliation , we have to be getting down further and further towards the completely inaccurate expanded spending assessment that is assessed as necessary for the needs of this city by the department of the environment . |
| 24 | Our they 'll want to forget that the Tories programme and policies , they lied about taxes they promised not to extend V A T they lied about protecting the value of pensions well I hope the people who get the eight four P and the one twenty , the one 's that the old dears will remember that because that 's what they will be getting . |
| 25 | About nationalisation I never had any doubt . |
| 26 | But if that that was only I was gon na say the other thing , when you 're talking about damage you know , at one time I would suggest that a good many years , you would n't see any damage out there . |
| 27 | I 'm not on about houses I 'm on about main buildings like St Paul 's an' all that |
| 28 | I should of gone through the book to find that , put some money on it because if she had Victoria as well , I thought about Victoria and er of course I did n't know about Eugene I do n't read , but it 's in the book |
| 29 | Spot on about Whitlow he has n't missed much at all has he ? |
| 30 | and erm , she said oh well you know , were gon na try , and then , and then , I said well what about Elly she said , well she , she , I said swop with Elly , but she 's only got like a two bedroom |