Example sentences of "i [verb] about the [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked about the baby and she looked at me as if I should know . ’ |
| 2 | I will elaborate on the point that I made about the disruption that may be caused when additional tens of thousands of people are brought into the area , if the development at King 's Cross goes ahead . |
| 3 | Framsden mill and its environs will illustrate what I mean about the compactness and self-sufficiency of the rural villages in East Anglia . |
| 4 | How can I go back now , knowing that everything I believed about the Store and Arnold Bros and Grandson Richard is just … is just an opinion ? ’ |
| 5 | What shall I do about the stuff that I have n't done ? |
| 6 | I was so sure I was drowning that I forgot about the race and screamed out , " Father ! |
| 7 | And then I forgot about the idea and I just drifted into something else . |
| 8 | I forgot about the danger and decided not to go home . |
| 9 | Everywhere I hear about the malaise and uncertainty this is producing . |
| 10 | I know about the AOL and the AOL is good for a hundred years ! ’ |
| 11 | I know — I know about the monster that haunts your life ! ’ |
| 12 | But I lied about the afternoon and I was worried when you wanted to keep the betting slips because you probably know that one of the horses won and I would have won quite a lot of money if I 'd stayed in the betting shop . |
| 13 | ‘ There were things I loved about the area and things I hated , ’ she said . |
| 14 | ‘ I knew about the affair before he did , ’ Faye went on over Belinda 's murmured comment . |
| 15 | I knew about the air-vent before we came . |
| 16 | So , and she knew about the office , and I knew about the office and knew everything they were wanting me to know but a man got it from outside so |
| 17 | I thought about the possibility but when my friends kept saying that I would be chosen I said that I thought the selectors would go for more experience . |
| 18 | I hoped so , and I was going to take the risk of finding out , but then Bill started talking about your once-in-a-lifetime chance to travel , and I thought about the fact that I 'm thirty-four and you 're twenty-two … ’ |
| 19 | That 's a big chunk of the population and I worried about the hardship that I was causing as a result of what was really a commercial decision . ’ |
| 20 | I think about the year that 's gone past , perhaps , people who 've passed out of my life , and think of it as a new beginning , and I wish as Scots that we would hold on to it and perpetuate that tradition and get away from gathering around the T V in Hogmanay . |
| 21 | I think about the carpet that 's got to be laid , and I must clean those windows tomorrow … |
| 22 | But I learned about the problem that has dogged him from race one , and he confirmed to me : ‘ At the end of the season I 'll be having an operation . ’ |
| 23 | I had one friend from another house who felt the same way as I did about the school and the whole process we were being put through . |
| 24 | I played outside , running around in a pair of shorts and — I imagine-quite happy to have the whole pregnancy thing going on because it gave me more freedom to do as I liked about the house and garden , free from my father 's supervision . |
| 25 | The major thing I miss about the mainland though is the trees , because although there is a varied landscape and a diversity of habitats there are n't any trees anywhere . |
| 26 | What can I say about the sculptor that designed the molecules of the grenadilla whose shape causes this ecstasy in the matrix of the senses ? |
| 27 | It has been so rewarding for me to read about the happiness and freedom from the prison of obesity that is now enjoyed by so many . |
| 28 | My husband did n't like me talking about the theatre although he had encouraged me to do so when we were courting . |