Example sentences of "he [verb] [pers pn] about the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The most intriguing matter supplied by Gaitskell was when he consulted me about the constant leakage of the party 's National Executive minutes to the Manchester Guardian .
2 Ellwood and Luke were crouched over Piper as he told them about the slow , magical dance of the cosmos .
3 He told me about the sheer quantity of submissions that the Review received and regretfully had to reject , and spoke admiringly of much of the material that does come to him .
4 He told me about the extensive work involved in restoring the area behind the cockpit .
5 He told me about the Icelandic landscapes , harsh yet wondrous , of the coloured rocks in Landmannalaugar and the emptiness .
6 And he told me about the increased risk of late miscarriage with amniocentesis as well . ’
7 I remember him chuckling when he told me about the big farm men who came to have their teeth extracted .
8 This is what he told me about the Batty sale .
9 He told us about the longest race in Norway ; he had taken part and had done very well , finishing very close to the front of the ‘ amateur ’ racers ( as opposed to those who race dogs for a living ) .
10 He told us about the open-top Leyland ‘ Queen Mary ’ PD3 double-decker bus ( service 769 ) which runs from Perrymount Road , Hayward 's Heath to Sheffield Park station .
11 Frankie calls it as he sees it about the moral and social decay of contemporary Britain without ever sounding like someone whose grasp of the issues extends no further than memorizing a snappy slogan .
12 He thought it about the stupidest remark he 'd ever made — and so did she by the look on her face .
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