Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [prep] [pers pn] about the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We tried to reason with them about the bathroom . |
| 2 | When I tried to explain to them about the golf-ball it only made matters worse . |
| 3 | Terence Maule declined to talk to us about the matter other than to say he was aware the Allisses were taking action . |
| 4 | Terence Maule declined to talk to us about the matter other than to say he was aware the Allisses were taking action . |
| 5 | She did not have long to brood because Harbury began talking to her about the MacQuillan case . |
| 6 | And that was when her conscience , which because she 'd got something else to think about had stayed quiet , suddenly started to get to her about the way in which she was deceiving the man she loved . |
| 7 | He had explained to her about the imitation dove that would fly out from the high altar during the Easter mass and light a great cart of fireworks . |
| 8 | What was it she had said to him about the missing family silver ? |
| 9 | Was it true , what he had said to her about the value of this family life ? |
| 10 | Papa , of course , was an actor , and had spoken to her about the pit and the gallery , the stage , the curtain and dressing-rooms . |
| 11 | Harold Wilson had complained to me about the continuing hostility of the press towards him and wanted to know how to put it right . |
| 12 | He too wanted to talk to her about the attack , but found her far less ready to talk to him than she had been to the woman from the gipsy encampment . |
| 13 | Which is why I should have welcomed the students who wanted to talk to me about the poetry of George Darley , which a misguided colleague of mine had included in a series of lectures on the early nineteenth century , and in so doing had worried the more discerning of my students , who were failing to see any merit there . |
| 14 | John and Norma were escorted out of Jeffrey Archer 's Bridal Suite and back to their own and since it was not safe to leave the hotel , Lady Thatcher accompanied them , as she wanted to talk to them about the progress of her Foundation . |
| 15 | I wanted to talk to you about the things that er you 've got from the meetings and to just think about the pricing issues . |