Example sentences of "want [verb] [pers pn] about " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Did you want to see me about something ? ’ said Wilcox impatiently . |
2 | But after he had left them Rain wondered whether Shildon might not want to see her about his MacQuillan inquiry , a matter other events had put out of her mind . |
3 | Mr you see various people are giving evidence , and Mr wants to ask the right person , certain questions , namely the person who er devised those words and er you are er somebody in a very important position er and er he 's trying to get it from you , and as he 's pointed out to you a company ca n't sit down and produce in some corporate way a phrase someone or two human beings or more have got to do it and he wants to know if you can help us er who , who that was , that 's , that 's all you see , he does n't want to ask you about it , no doubt er , er in the same way as he 'd want to ask a person that actually devised a word , d' ya see ? |
4 | I did n't want to tell her about the light in the locked room , or about Mr Ross . |
5 | Do you want to tell me about it ? |
6 | DO YOU WANT TO TELL ME ABOUT IT ? |
7 | ‘ This guy you 're obviously so mad at you do n't want to tell me about him . ’ |
8 | And the and the little unmentionables you do n't want to tell me about . |
9 | ‘ Do you want to tell me about it ? ’ |
10 | ‘ Do you want to tell me about it ? ’ |
11 | ‘ My job is to go on stage and make people forget about their problems — I do n't want to tell them about mine . ’ |
12 | Mr , do you want to tell us about the delights of Hartlepool |
13 | Helen do you want to tell us about the next stage ? |
14 | Erm , Mary do you want to tell us about Mark ? |
15 | I did n't want to tell you about Moira — ’ |
16 | No , I did n't want to tell you about her , because I did n't want her story to become yours . |