Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Forest manager Clough , already upset with his team 's disappointing start , yesterday declared : ‘ Both players have been to see me about new contracts but they 're not getting them . |
| 2 | The hon. Gentleman asked me about future numbers . |
| 3 | I mean you asked me about formal education , and immediately we 're talking about nursery education . |
| 4 | I mean you asked me about formal education and immediately we 're talking about nursery education . |
| 5 | The hon. Member for Linlithgow also asked me about competitive tendering and the tendering process . |
| 6 | The Europe Agreements , however , say nothing about free trade in agriculture . |
| 7 | Goldring says : ‘ It is not a response to PMA and contains nothing about civil defence ’ . |
| 8 | In addition they try to contact homeworkers and provide Factpacks in several languages to inform them about local authority facilities which already exist — like childcare and contact centres , and telling them about the health and safety risks of homework and how these can be reduced . |
| 9 | The man who persistently questions you about after-sales service . |
| 10 | I just heard Fagg shouting , ‘ How dare you , sir ? ’ and the Commander wailing something about old times . |
| 11 | Those journalists may know something about environmental issues , but if they understand transport issues , they were jolly well doing their best to conceal the fact . |
| 12 | They asked him how he was doing at school , made up questions to test him , twitted him about imaginary girlfriends , and there was always someone who wanted to know if he was going to be an RIC man like his dad when he grew up . |
| 13 | ‘ Who mentioned anything about brand-new Range Rovers ? ’ he enquired evenly . |
| 14 | ‘ Daine , do you know anything about Japanese monster flatties ? ’ |
| 15 | Listen , d' you know anything about modern marketing ? |
| 16 | Oh well that 's another thing for to get under her wing is n't it , how she 's going to integrate her department ? frankly wo n't know anything about motivating people |
| 17 | YOU CAN always spot people who do n't know anything about pop music when they ca n't tell the blokes from the women on records . |
| 18 | So I went to the council , I did n't know anything about social security , even that there was such a thing , so I was given benefit and a hostel to stay in at Elephant and Castle . |
| 19 | Even if you did n't know anything about baby-feeding times , a quick look at the TV schedules would tell you that . |
| 20 | He does n't know anything about hard men . |
| 21 | In the days when I had more time to spare I would read any book I could lay my hands on and particularly enjoyed anything about foreign lands . |
| 22 | When they approached us about other products and about doing a commercial , we said no . |
| 23 | One is that the present level of unemployment must concern the health service ( and 1 have said nothing about other social problems ! ) . |
| 24 | ( Please note I have said nothing about female homosexuality since some of the above arguments do not apply , so will lesbians please save themselves a stamp ) . |
| 25 | Long John told them about Black Dog , saying , ‘ That was how it was , was n't it , Hawkins ? ’ |
| 26 | Mother wrote me and told me about poor Simon 's death , but what about Yanto and Nigger . |
| 27 | I put off going to the doctor but I wish I had n't because my GP immediately knew what was wrong and told me about carpal tunnel syndrome . |
| 28 | This does not make it certain that the West will do nothing about other ethnic cleansers ; but it does raise the cleansers ' hopes . |
| 29 | The case says nothing about other restaurants , but there are almost bound to be more in a city centre location . |
| 30 | I do n't think we need worry ourselves about little Miss Harker . ’ |