Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] [verb] [pers pn] about the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I may ask you about the window ? |
| 2 | I must tell you about the pet shop . ’ |
| 3 | We have not yet resolved all the detail but I should tell you about the key aspects of these changes so that we can go forward together to put the new arrangements successfully in place . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'll tell you about the poll tax . |
| 5 | I 'll tell you about the Mary Chain tomorrow . |
| 6 | Erm I 'll tell you about the er while I 'm doing some . |
| 7 | And we had four casters in the works and I had to go and sort out the , I 'll tell you about the find the castings that these men wanted for their lot , take them down to the castors and tell them in priority which I wanted , you know and er all that sort of thing and erm I had n't used to do any , making any locks hardly at the end , you know I had , I had before but er if I might say so , er I became mo the most important man on the factory , you know . |
| 8 | Crilly , I 'll tell you about the sparkle of Belgravia , the shimmer of white marble , a sumptuous , salubrious white , the sugary white of fluffy friendship , cloudship , feely white , and the slim cobblestone road which led to the river where I met James who was fresh from Waterstone 's with his arms full of Pinter plays , O he was as a young Terence Stamp , Crilly , but for the sly cracks of wisdom about the corners of his eyes , and we drank espresso and he told me about Spain and the high mountains of India , and the Pyrenees he had taken on foot , and though I was as trite as my shopping Saturdays and my small muggy and squirming palms in summertime , he painted my body swirly-lined and peach upon a large canvas and made love to me upon the tip of the Heath with all of London a basin of rooftops beneath us while the sky loomed low in grey and pink , the Heath a dark pudding of sloping mountains , wild and white and wide as Brontë country , with only the smug suburban cliffs of Highgate Village peering from behind its sprawling hem , and big dogs scurried like brown birds to the crevice of foothills and then disappeared , so we made love for a while beneath that sky , which cast a blaze upon us the colour of cream . |
| 9 | Three years later the same person said : ’ I 'll tell you about the poll tax . |
| 10 | I 'll tell you about the wedding |
| 11 | I could tell you about the money he has lent to people and never got back . |
| 12 | I wish I could tell you about the new brand names that have entered my life to take their place alongside Sony , Miyake , Commodore , Brother , Byblos , Hitachi and Nintendo — Mama and Papas , Baby Gap , Avanti , Ultra-Togs , Mama Toto , Mini/Man . |
| 13 | I 'd tell them about the plants . |
| 14 | And I shall tell him about the journalism , too , for I want to go on writing , and I want nothing false and wrong to lie between us . |
| 15 | My monthly articles will include techniques which should help you to use and get the best from your machine , but first I will tell you about the back-up services available to Singer knitters . |
| 16 | " Sit beside me on my carpet , then , and I will tell you about the golden apple and the nine peahens . " |
| 17 | ‘ Ring Sam , ’ suggested Tim , ‘ and tell her to get her arse over here so I can tell her about the window . ’ |
| 18 | This is all I can tell you about the rapid modification process ; it has the effect of diminishing the prominence of events and combinations of events that normally occur together , giving prominence to new associations . |
| 19 | In that case , perhaps I can consult you about the other unpleasant incident . ’ |
| 20 | She may feel more in control if she takes her bill herself to the Department of Social Security , having been guided by the adviser that she should ask them about the ‘ fuel direct ’ scheme that will debit her benefits automatically and prevent disconnection . |
| 21 | And erm if you wanted to hear about Chelmsford Cathedral when Estelle who was a humorous and eighty something but still on the ball she 'll tell you about the |
| 22 | She knew she should n't speak to a strange man , but as her Brownie Guider was under a tree not many yards away she thought she could tell him about the litter that had caused the Pack to lose the use of Ferngrove Park . |
| 23 | Philip Winterbottom , Assistant Manager , Archives would like to hear from anyone who worked at Drummonds prior to 1960 and who could tell him about the branch as it was and of any changes or innovations which occurred . |
| 24 | At first , he 'd worried that Amber Epipheny would be jealous of him , and wondered whether she 'd confront him about the matter . |
| 25 | She used to tell us about the you see they were n't allowed to make er malt and that . |
| 26 | Oi asked Miki from Lush if she would tell me about the birds and the bees but instead she twatted me with a flange pedal . |
| 27 | The Captain was saying to the Sub-lieutenant , ‘ I want to know everything she can tell us about the Maxwell girl , family , friends , habits , etcetera — everything . |
| 28 | You trainer is a nicer guy who can advise you about the next fight . |
| 29 | Is there anything you can tell me about the two young women who died after they had been working in this house , Theresa Nolan and Diana Travers ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Good , ’ she said , ‘ I want to know anything you can tell me about the problem with the business , daddy is honest and straight , he has a good name and what 's more , he knows how to choose good leather , so what can have gone wrong ? ’ |