Example sentences of "[verb] i 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 | Er another thing that I mean thought , somebody told me about the other day er it 's an old thing is er gravel drives . |
| 4 | My acupuncturist told me about the broad-leafed veg , and I did n't think to ask him what he was on about . |
| 5 | And he told me about the increased risk of late miscarriage with amniocentesis as well . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | He told me about the extensive work involved in restoring the area behind the cockpit . |
| 8 | Michael told me about the interesting feature in one of the corners . |
| 9 | When you told me about the American girl , I hoped it meant you 'd got over Pickles . |
| 10 | She was interested to find out that I liked British history ; she told me about the Medieval Circle . |
| 11 | I remember him chuckling when he told me about the big farm men who came to have their teeth extracted . |
| 12 | You know you you told me about the big boat did n't you ? |
| 13 | This is what he told me about the Batty sale . |
| 14 | Someone should have told me about the local MIND and the National Schizophrenia Fellowship and what they could offer . |
| 15 | What has frankly surprised me about the last decade is the way in which social scientists who make no claim to a Christian profession have been talking openly about the relevance of religious values to our current economic problems in the Western world . |
| 16 | ‘ Tell me about the Highest Science . ’ |
| 17 | Tell me about the one day schools for school teachers that you run . |
| 18 | ‘ Tell me about the white patient , ’ I asked him . |
| 19 | Can anyone one tell me about the solar system , or anything they know about it . |
| 20 | ‘ Tell me about the secret garden , ’ she said . |
| 21 | ‘ Tell me about the next morning . ’ |
| 22 | Right well t t tell me about the physical abuse , what sort of things were they doing to you Andrew . |
| 23 | ‘ What depresses me about the whole position is that skills are so important and the lack of them now is undermining our whole competitive position . |
| 24 | I think the one thing , that that really annoys me about the royal family is the way they speak and the fact that the way that they speak is still re re regarded by certain sections of the , population , both in Scotland and in England , as being er , the correct way in which the English language should be pronounced , which is of course , arrant nonsense ! |
| 25 | ‘ Your need 's greater than mine , ’ and then he 'd tell me about the new necklace he 'd bought for his missus . |
| 26 | You 'd better tell me about the other night . |
| 27 | ‘ He was telling me about the Russian visit . ’ |
| 28 | You were telling me about the common lodging houses . |
| 29 | ‘ You have just been telling me about the steamy heat of New York in summer — and now you 're moaning about the cold weather here in London ! ’ |
| 30 | Our session started out as a posed picture for the photographer but in the end I was showing the former world champion my favourite trick shot — jumping the white over two reds into the middle pocket — and he was advising me about the exact position of the white and then how to pull off one of those complicated round-the-table shots . |