Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [pron] about the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have been told nothing about the time of year , but for the purposes of the story we must assume that the rains have come , and the waters are high and fast , even though the women and children have got across safely enough . |
| 2 | The other thing I was slightly concerned about it , if it 's a slight digression is the fact that the people at the Lyceum at the Assembly Hall last Saturday did n't know , had n't been told anything about the equipment |
| 3 | We are told nothing about the heir he instituted . |
| 4 | Maybe it was she who 'd been deluding herself about the state of his and Sandra 's relationship , and not the other way around . |
| 5 | It helps to solve our problems with Chrissie and Fred by making it clear that we are doing something about the food costs . |
| 6 | He might have been asking her about the traffic on the way in from the airport . |
| 7 | She seemed to be deciding something about the knitting in her lap . |
| 8 | We should be asking ourselves about the character of individuals which are being produced by the family forms that we have today and about law 's part in creating the domestic group . |
| 9 | For example , I 'm careful about using certain words , like ‘ frequency ’ , with younger audiences , when I 'm telling them about the owl 's unusual ‘ lopsided ’ hearing . |
| 10 | All I 'd say is that what you have to do Is to ask questions which although are apparently about what you want to do … where you want to get to should really be telling you about the person you 're — " |
| 11 | Subject presumes perceived er speaker as pr prestigious and authoritative and they perceived that there might be future interaction with him perceived his speech is more similar to their own than subjects who were told nothing about the speaker . |
| 12 | Complaints from the regional Propaganda Offices that neither press , nor radio , nor newsreels were reporting anything about the Führer any longer were to no avail . |
| 13 | Jesus had been , with his disciples and he had spent the whole day in teaching and preaching to the people , he 'd been explaining to them what the kingdom of God was like , he 'd been telling them some of the parables that perhaps we 're familiar with , he 'd been telling them about the parable of the sewer and the seed , the man who went out and he sewed his seed and different things went wrong birds came and picked up the stuff that fell by the wayside , some fell on stony ground and it could n't put down any roots , some fell amongst thorns and they were quickly choked , but some did fall in good prepared soil and that grew . |
| 14 | You 've put me down for holidays in September and I 've been telling you about the cruise in October for months . |
| 15 | It does not help Fergie 's case that the financial expert who has been advising her about the settlement is the same man she has been cavorting with in the south of France . |
| 16 | What I would like is to know something about the job I came here to do . |
| 17 | She 's told you about the bathing ? ’ |
| 18 | Is not the truth of the matter not only that the Secretary of State is doing nothing about the housing needs of the service men and women who will be made redundant , but that he does not even know the facts ? |
| 19 | One 42-year-old market trader who did not want to be named , said : ‘ It is good to know that there is someone who is doing something about the problem . ’ |
| 20 | I i it 's saying something about the motivation of the people who who are doing this , those peasants who were taking the lead and becoming members of the Party . |
| 21 | Zerrer like her assistant Margo , who is busying herself about the Centre supervising clients as they get into their goggles , turns out to be , unsurprisingly , a new age devotee , though she cringes at the mention of the words . |
| 22 | Fairfax turns to me : ‘ The laibon is telling me about the lion hunt in which his brother was injured . ’ |
| 23 | My eyes light up at the sight of her even though she 's hitting me about the head , so to speak . |
| 24 | Who 's been beating you about the head ? ’ |
| 25 | Alexander was disporting himself about the boat . |
| 26 | " Now , I was saying something about the fish-shop on Lyons Dock . |
| 27 | An editorial recently went so far as to say that more important than establishing a framework for research and development was doing something about the failure to disseminate and apply existing knowledge . |
| 28 | The young man was asking her about the room , about his chances of getting it , she suddenly heard . |
| 29 | I was asking you about the guy Adam 's been talking to this evening . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I was telling him about the Glory , and I said I 'd driven it over and what did he think — was he looking forward to driving it and all that — ’ She paused excitedly . |