Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] about this " in BNC.
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1 | I went to see them about this but they told me it was up to the social security people to make up the difference . |
2 | My hon. Friend has been to see me about this matter with a group of colleagues . |
3 | When I next saw the King , he asked me about this experience . |
4 | That was why , when you first asked me about this , I turned the whole question round and said ‘ You have to begin from the philosophical problem ’ , but indeed it could be applied in many places . |
5 | That was why , when you first asked me about this , I turned the whole question round and said , ‘ You have to begin from the philosophical problem ’ . |
6 | Clearly that 's what worries me about this Government 's implementation of the Children Act . |
7 | You know what really worries me about this is that early on you said that tinkers deal in antiques , and I 'm beginning to wonder whether you , as antique dealer , have got a somewhat of an interest in this matter and maybe we should be taking care of you as a possible tenant of one of our sites , but this this is a typical example of all the thin , unreasonable excuses being put up to a party that 's trying to deal with something . |
8 | After he told them about this , they sent one letter from Siam covered with stamps : ‘ Those would have kept me in The Autocar for ever , but I could n't bear to part with the envelope . ’ |
9 | And I told them about this job I 'd done here . |
10 | And of course I er wirelessed the office headquarters in Edinburgh told them about this so they sent a mine sweeper out from Tobermory . |
11 | This girl just told me about this Polo factory outlet up near Canada … you can get a $200 knitted sweater for , like $20 — that 's outrageous ! ’ |
12 | It was there she told me about this sister and showed me her hand . |
13 | ‘ Martha told me about this place , but I never thought I 'd see it , ’ he said . |
14 | ‘ I was told , ’ said Lili , ‘ by the person who told me about this place . ’ |
15 | ‘ Nobody told me about this . |
16 | He told me about this condition quite openly , including the impulse to throw himself over cliffs etc . |
17 | And erm then of course she told me about this so my mother went to see him . |
18 | And I cos I was amazed they told me about this salt rubbish ! |
19 | ‘ That 's what frightens me about this campaign for nuclear disarmament . |
20 | Well , this , I told you about this French boy that phoned , that contacted me , he 's erm , my name is , I 'm nineteen , I 'm a student at Harlow College , I 'm studying English foreign language and Law A Level , if there 's an Amnesty International I would like to set up a group in the college I hope you 're involved in local groups are writing you to receive about me , and information about the local group . |
21 | ‘ Your wife told you about this ? ’ |
22 | eleven forty six , he 's got them inside , I think I told you about this did n't I ? , and I was inside helping them out like , he was outside , he did n't have his gas mask , we were doing the things , like M B C stuff , and I 'm inside and he said right you will each go to a post , where inside this tent , each to go to er , erm , cos there was six people inside and like there was six posts , he said you each got to a post inside the tent and on the you will pick up the tent , and I new what was coming , done it before sort of thing and erm , were all in M B C stuff cos there 's still lots of gas , but there was n't for very long , and he said right on the you will , er he just said , we picked it up right , were all fucking all fucking I said go on then , |
23 | Not going to tackle him about this business of Dora 's golf-club , are you ? ’ |
24 | Charles reproved her for rushing on ahead of his story , and told her about this Sergeant lurking within like a spider waiting for a juicy fly . |
25 | And er half heatedly she decided she ought , she could n't have any more children you know she 'd , I do n't think it was money so much that she thought she 'd got enough and somebody told her about this Slippery Elm , well you could get a Slippery Elm drink , you know you know these milky foods if you 've got a poor tummy , that that can , er she bought a tin of this Slippery Elm drink , and she drunk gallons of it and it was doing her good and she thought er she thought it would n't , she 'd gone wrong you see . |
26 | When I told her about this |
27 | When I told her about this . |
28 | When she told us about this visit , she hoped it would be centred around a seminar , funded by the Romanian government , at which tutors would be trained to teach machine knitting to young people whose chances of employment near their own homes were otherwise remote . |
29 | we have actually had a sort of barrel expert er who told us about this . |
30 | He messed us about this weekend did n't he ? |