Example sentences of "[vb past] to [pers pn] about the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Edouard lied to her about the reason for the attack . ’ |
| 2 | He talked to her about the play , the characters . |
| 3 | Mr Massey , who had joined the group in 1985 and ended up as group finance director , recalls the early stages : ‘ When Anthony Jacobs mentioned selling , I talked to him about the possibility of an MBO . |
| 4 | ‘ Two years ago Adai talked to me about the AOL . |
| 5 | We complained to them about the target . |
| 6 | ‘ But instead of being delighted with the result he complained to us about the beer . |
| 7 | let's assume that Mr is right in the suggestion he put to you about the building on the left , that it 's a golf course and we can see for ourselves without any evidence there 's a man fishing on the lake at the bottom there , were you trying to suggest that as part of the deal at a lake would be provided or a golf club ? |
| 8 | Dromore jockey John Reid who is having his best ever season was in a suitably bullish mood when I spoke to him about the remainder of the 1993 Flat racing year which has seen him head inexorably towards 100 winners for the first time in his career . |
| 9 | ‘ John spoke to him about the inadvisability of running errands on racecourses for his warned-off father , and said that if Jason had any information , he should pass it on to him , John Millington . |
| 10 | So if we start pulling them about which is cos I said to her about the hall and if I do n't scrub it all off we 're gon na have to erm gon na have to do the hall and er I said we 've got to try to put it on because the walls are so ooh bitty you know what I mean ? |
| 11 | I explained to them about the act I 've got . " |
| 12 | I explained to him about the boxing-match and the waterfall and he went up close and examined the glass minutely , different areas of it , taking his time . |
| 13 | I then explained to her about the attack on Toby . |