Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] about that " in BNC.

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31 One of which was the property in Frinton which was owned jointly by Mr and his step mother who was an elderly lady who was then residing in that er property and er around that time on the first of October Mr er telephoned Mr and er told him about that but at that time , was not anticipating that there would be an difficulties about the security on Frinton for these he had always , added his case , made it perfectly clear to the man at the National Westminster Bank with whom he was dealing , Mr that that property was not a property which er could er be offered as security because of the joint ownership and er while in conversation with the bank he understood that this letter had been sent and Mrs had been on holiday and that it was simply oversight on the part of the bank at this stage and that all would well after Mrs returned , which was expected in two weeks time .
32 ‘ You told him about that ? ’
33 and somebody says , Well the girl you know he says you never call you you never told him about that .
34 You said , I told him about that .
35 Well that was , the other day ? told him about that .
36 Market forces would then bring it about that ‘ bad ’ schools would simply wither away , or be compelled to become ‘ good ’ , if they were to remain open .
37 Oh you told us about that
38 And they say yes we will , our business teach teacher told us about that you see because it 's been happening a lot , cos Marks and Spencers do n't ask for a receipt you see , it actually happened , they used to take things from upstairs , bring them downstairs and said they bought it and got the money for it .
39 and then we started speaking to this chap and say we were looking for this place where the erm , they sell all this food and so on , what 's the name of the place , he said oh he says it 's finished , so he said you know where the er , we said er where 's somewhere good you know to , to go and have a nice sleep , and he told us about that place up the mountain where we went , where we all went the last time
40 I mean you 'll have to come and see me about that because it 's fairly confidential so but they are very very good .
41 I said that 's bo , that 's bothered me about that bleeding , I like him a lot .
42 If you had told me about that when I was a child , I would n't have believed you .
43 Have I already told you about that one ?
44 Charlotte do n't put pens in your mouth , I 've told you about that before
45 Have I told you about that ?
46 Er , , did you see him about that ?
47 But God confronted her about that laugh — not because she laughed in God 's presence but because her laughter expressed a limiting view of God which was a denial of his power and an incitement to doubt .
48 His grandad had told him about that , years later , when he was about fifteen .
49 Although the words were his the images were taken from those things Kraal and Minch had told him about that distant place .
50 I 've told him about that .
51 And why had he told her about that unlocked door ?
52 I mean do n't be frightened to come back and see us about that
53 Tell me about that again cos that was interesting .
54 Tell me about that then .
55 Tell me about that again . ’
56 I find it almost amusing to listen to several of my contemporaries tell me about that ill-fated occasion and how they found a means of getting over the Alps .
57 Tell me about that .
58 Tell me about that what you used to take them in .
59 erm Tell me about that .
60 erm Tell me about that one first of all .
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