Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] about the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The most intriguing matter supplied by Gaitskell was when he consulted me about the constant leakage of the party 's National Executive minutes to the Manchester Guardian .
2 A group of pupils studying science asked me about the new member of staff .
3 My hon. Friend asked me about the medical ethics of the issue .
4 ‘ My captain phoned you about the two people from OM-45 .
5 Perhaps they reflect nothing at all except the accidents of conception : but I suspect that there is often , in fact , a buried clue here , and that if we could unearth it we should know something about the early growth of many market towns that no documents will ever tell us .
6 So , the research worker should know something about the main ways to obtain information from the library .
7 She refused the cold remains of the fish and chips , so he took the whole package out to the dustbin at the front of the house ( no need to worry her about the Sweet murder if she did n't know — and it appeared she did n't ) .
8 Brian refused to reveal who had approached him about the royal job .
9 If they answer the phone and say they do n't know anything about the bed-and-breakfast bookings , a customer could be lost immediately .
10 And they did n't really know anything about the blooming bloke you know !
11 I mean , frankly , does he know anything about the inner workings of central heating ? ’
12 What gets me about this guy Alderson is that he served in the country area of Cornwall , and he makes all these proposals about inner-city policing ; now how the hell would he know anything about the inner city ?
13 When I first decided to go into acting , my mother went mad — it was quite understandable , we did n't know anything about the acting profession .
14 But , even if you do n't know anything about the deeper workings , you can apply some common sense guidelines to the same effect .
15 ‘ When I arrived I could n't speak a word of Spanish , did n't know anything about the photographic scene in Madrid and had never worked as a professional photographer before , so it was n't the easiest of situations to begin with . ’
16 The important point about heritability is that we do not need to know anything about the actual genotypes in order to say what it is .
17 In letters to charities she is warning them about the extra administration time that trustees will spend making tax claims and notifying changes of registered particulars , and advising them that much of it could be saved by selling existing investments and contributing the proceeds of sale to a common investment fund .
18 She told them about the disturbed girl at St Cecilia 's , the girl called Julie who performed feats of levitation , and about the girl who could read a page of a newspaper and remember it , and Enid who could hypnotize with a fountain-pen top .
19 I also told them about the financial statement we had issued and afterwards received a letter asking if I would send on a financial statement , which I did " .
20 My mother told me about the famous people who lived in them .
21 Er another thing that I mean thought , somebody told me about the other day er it 's an old thing is er gravel drives .
22 My acupuncturist told me about the broad-leafed veg , and I did n't think to ask him what he was on about .
23 Mum told me about the various forms of contraception but apart from that we did n't really talk about it .
24 And he told me about the increased risk of late miscarriage with amniocentesis as well . ’
25 He told me about the sheer quantity of submissions that the Review received and regretfully had to reject , and spoke admiringly of much of the material that does come to him .
26 He told me about the extensive work involved in restoring the area behind the cockpit .
27 He told me about the Icelandic landscapes , harsh yet wondrous , of the coloured rocks in Landmannalaugar and the emptiness .
28 The one who told me about the five quid .
29 Michael told me about the interesting feature in one of the corners .
30 When you told me about the American girl , I hoped it meant you 'd got over Pickles .
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