Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] about the [adj] [noun sg] " 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 | 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 ) . |
| 4 | Brian refused to reveal who had approached him about the royal job . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 " . |
| 8 | Er another thing that I mean thought , somebody told me about the other day er it 's an old thing is er gravel drives . |
| 9 | My acupuncturist told me about the broad-leafed veg , and I did n't think to ask him what he was on about . |
| 10 | And he told me about the increased risk of late miscarriage with amniocentesis as well . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | He told me about the extensive work involved in restoring the area behind the cockpit . |
| 13 | Michael told me about the interesting feature in one of the corners . |
| 14 | When you told me about the American girl , I hoped it meant you 'd got over Pickles . |
| 15 | She was interested to find out that I liked British history ; she told me about the Medieval Circle . |
| 16 | I remember him chuckling when he told me about the big farm men who came to have their teeth extracted . |
| 17 | You know you you told me about the big boat did n't you ? |
| 18 | This is what he told me about the Batty sale . |
| 19 | And our other project will probably be in Malaysia , where we 're hoping to be able to fund lawyers to go and visit the indigenous tribes , and educate them about the Malaysian process of law , because at the moment I 'm sure you 'll know that various indigenous people have been blockading the logging roads that go on to their demarcated territory . |
| 20 | ‘ I ca n't believe it … definitely the Hamlet if I want it — I 've worked with those people before ; remember I told you about the provincial-theatre year ? ’ she said , scrambling her words . |
| 21 | I also told him about the new hip and thigh diet and said I could do with some more volunteers to try it out . |
| 22 | In other classes learned men told him about the economic infrastructure of the Low Countries and Germany , and the Burmese rubber nexus . |
| 23 | I told him about the cold-water tap , how it did not always produce more than a trickle , how frequently the pressure let us down . |
| 24 | As concisely as she could , Melissa told him about the missing sketch of Delia Forbes , her subsequent visit to the house in Regency Terrace and the possibility of a plot by one of Eddie 's discarded lovers to kill Angy . |
| 25 | She told him about the secretarial course at the technical college and her plans eventually to go to London , perhaps to model . |
| 26 | His wife was again allowed to visit him about the same time on the following ( or third ) day of custody . |
| 27 | Brownie Owl was very sympathetic when Penny told her about the lost budgie . |
| 28 | I told her about the Scottish physicist Charles ( C.T.R. ) Wilson 's interest in meteorology and of his accidental discovery of the tracks . |
| 29 | So Brenda told her about the adventurous ride by the short cut . |
| 30 | I told 'em about the listening post , so I do n't want it compromised , okay ? ’ |