Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [noun prp] about the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I disagree with Neil about the gutter press : it was the liberal media that did the real damage , over years not days . |
| 2 | We often speak in Africa about the conflict of cultures but there can also be a merging of cultures . |
| 3 | In 1710 complaints were made in Norfolk about the cost of the new ‘ whirligigs ’ ; and soon , travellers to the eastern counties were noting the number of windmills dotting the landscape . |
| 4 | So did you speak to Terry about the game ? |
| 5 | He had still not been able to talk to Majorie about the adoption . |
| 6 | Whilst Benedicta described Ursula and her malevolent sow , Athelstan felt tempted to talk to Vincentius about the desecration of the cemetery but concluded it was not a topic suitable for the table . |
| 7 | From Ernest Green 's response it is clear that , as Organising Secretary for the National WEA , he had been unaware of the details or significance of the original Bedfordshire transfer agreement and later that month , when writing to Pateman about the Board 's proposals for Cambridgeshire , he claimed : |
| 8 | Listen to him writing to Héloïse about the power of the story of love : |
| 9 | Peter Curd , a spokesman for NIREX said this week that ‘ preliminary approaches ’ had been made to ICI about the mine , which is some 300 m deep . |
| 10 | Bicker was conferring with Tagan about the way to the north . |
| 11 | The attorney agreed with Haydon about the injustice of the proceedings , and told him to return that evening to settle the matter finally . |
| 12 | He would have preferred to stay at Lyons , but he set out at once in mid-March , and arrived in Rome about the end of April 1098 . |
| 13 | Hellman recalls that they were both toying with the idea of a western and talked to Corman about the finance . |
| 14 | I was thinking of going to Austria about the end of September October but , if Alexander 's not going abroad I do n't know , I shall have to change me mind probably , I 'll have to have a word with Sue . |
| 15 | He agreed with Wedgie about the dissolution of the power blocs . |
| 16 | Bevin agreed with Attlee about the need to forestall the Russians , and took the initiative in drafting a resolution for the General Assembly authorizing the crossing of the 38th parallel with a view to establishing a unified , independent , and democratic government of all Korea . |
| 17 | When Lydia had marvelled to Betty about the horror of Elizabeth 's existence , Betty had told her not to be so silly . |
| 18 | We 've heard from Michael about the access problems on this corridor , erm he 's produced figures that show that this particular route is over design capacity . |
| 19 | Does my right hon. Friend accept that the anxiety that still persists in Staffordshire about the fate of the Staffordshire regiment is not mere local and parochial concern but is based on a wider concern for the strength of the infantry ? |
| 20 | She talked with Emma about the chart and what it was for and put it in the kitchen where Emma could see it clearly . |
| 21 | The psalm refers back to the dreadful moment when the children of Israel , set free from Egypt , quarrelled with Moses about the lack of water , saying : ‘ Is the Lord among us or not ? ’ |
| 22 | Easter was introduced in Rome about the year 160 , and as in Alexandria was celebrated on the Sunday following the Hebrew Passover , which for practical purposes could be reckoned as the Sunday following the first full moon after the spring equinox . |
| 23 | I think I talked to Basil about the fact that in America everybody thought of English paintings as being what my father collected or Mr Huntington collected or Mr Frick collected all those big portraits . |
| 24 | ‘ Who told you by the way — that I talked to Nicola about the presenter 's job ? ’ |
| 25 | Talking of which , I presume you have spoken to Dorothea about the presentation of the Annual Report . |
| 26 | He poured into the telephone a long and unintelligible narrative about Profumo 's villainy in relation to the unhappy answer he had given to Wigg about the army . |
| 27 | we we , we were hearing from Jenny about the government , but we we must look into other parties I mean there 's a general election going to be coming off soon , we , we as carers should be looking into who is going to benefit us . |
| 28 | Bull is also talking to IBM about the software needed to run IBM clusters and Power Parallel systems . |
| 29 | Now , you 're talking to Zadak about the AOL . |
| 30 | The woman official from USAID living in the flat above purring over Campari about the servant problem . |