Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] about [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now then , that new vending machine I told you about last time . |
| 2 | ‘ You told him about last night ? ’ |
| 3 | " I hear that Miss Potts asked to see you about next year 's work , " said Miss Haines . |
| 4 | Or had Roman told him about last night ? |
| 5 | ‘ Tell me about last night . |
| 6 | That militant Forbes — you know , the one I warned you about last week — has called all the food and beverage staff out on strike ! ’ |
| 7 | If Wishart began talking about painting , he attended for five minutes , then deflected the conversation with ‘ Do tell me about last night 's sailor . ’ |
| 8 | She keeps giving me clothes — ; not this dear old awful thing , Mrs McPhee at home made this — and making me practise manners and the piano and I could n't tell her about last night , I could n't , I ca n't disappoint another person , not after my mother — ’ and Alexandra put her head down on to the slice of bread on her plate and burst into tears . |
| 9 | We shall consider ( i ) what each might tell us about first impressions and ( ii ) the utility of social psychology based on the transformation of common sense into scientific knowledge compared with a psychology based in common sense and experience . |
| 10 | Was he trying to quiz you about last night ? ’ |
| 11 | I was going to tell you about last night . |