Example sentences of "[verb] about [pron] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was not sure which he wanted her to be and was still puzzling about it next day when she called to take him down . |
| 2 | On his final outing there was also a lot to like about his fourth to desert Secret and Geisway in the Royal Lodge Stakes at Ascot . |
| 3 | Felix 's wife started talking about poetry , which she wrote , while Felix shouted about his last visit to Castro . |
| 4 | Dai Qing shocked the audience by declaring : ‘ I do n't care what Binyang says about his second kind of loyalty ; even the third , fourth or fifth kind of loyalty wo n't save China ’ . |
| 5 | Nothing was said about his next move , except that he could hardly expect his sister to take him in now , and that he was unwilling , under any circumstances , to move to Purley . |
| 6 | ‘ We might even fight Tucker first , but until Lennox 's coronation on January 14 , I do n't expect a firm decision to be made about his first defence . ’ |
| 7 | Travis queried , and , for the first time in an age , he smiled as he tacked on , ‘ Now that you mention it , I seem to remember now reading something about Massingham 's taking over Vasey 's , but Naylor 's always got his finger in some negotiation , so the Vasey deal would have gone out of my head while I read about his next business venture . ’ |
| 8 | When asked ‘ What did you like about your last job ? ’ the chatterbox 's reply includes a detailed description of her recent holiday in the Dordogne . |
| 9 | What can you remember about your first week , or when you joined the force ? |
| 10 | ‘ As I said , it 's up to you , ’ said this stupid young man , who could have done anything he liked to me — or so I felt at that moment — if only he had done it , and not talked about it first , trying to strike a bargain . |
| 11 | ‘ The thing I remember about my first visit is that I had never sung so much before . |
| 12 | And , perhaps most crucial of all , what are they going to do about their next overseas player ? |
| 13 | We did n't hear about you first time round . ’ |
| 14 | Any such media coverage should , in no way , present different factual information from that supplied to employees who should also hear about it first . |
| 15 | After a bottle of wine , Flora talked about her second divorce , continuing the next instalment of the afternoon serial . |
| 16 | but this is where it got to when we talked about it last time . |
| 17 | 1 Can you remember any particular books you liked when you were very young ( before you started Juniors ) ? 2 What were they ? 3 How much can you remember about them ? 4 What was good about them ? 5 Do you have any especially happy memories about reading in those days ? 6 Or any especially unhappy memories ? 7 Did learning to write help your reading ? 8 Talk about your first experiences of reading with a friend and write down all the things you can remember . |
| 18 | I s that was the thing , Dave was moaning about it last night see . |
| 19 | As you examine your partner 's expectations , make a notation as to how you feel about it next to the number using the following codes : Tick the expectations which will give you no problems . |
| 20 | She had given me this book , Period , and she says that how you feel about your first period affects you all your life , it affects your self-image , so it 's very important . |
| 21 | Asked about his first day , Terry said : ‘ I was stunned when I turned up on the Monday only to be confronted with the aftermath of the weekend fire . |
| 22 | I thought about it last night and I was laying awake all last night thinking about it |
| 23 | He thought about it last week but it 's pretty hush hush I think . |
| 24 | Because I dreamt about her last night when my manor house had fallen silent and its mullioned windows gazed like sightless eyes over the dark , lush fields of my estate . |
| 25 | Left alone again the two men faced each other , but Joshua gave Denis no time to think about his next move . |
| 26 | at the time , I thought , ‘ This is ridiculous , I 'm holding these boys back ’ because I was also managing a singer called Marc Bolan , and in the quieter moments , he and David would decorate my office to fill in the time , but I said to them that I had just run out of money and could n't afford to carry on — I 'd taken no commission from either of them at the time — so I went off to Spain to think about my next move and released them both from their contracts . ’ |
| 27 | yeah , what you talking about him next door ? |
| 28 | I was talking about her last week when our Queen came to visit me Elizabeth , with her white painted face , black teeth and red wig . |
| 29 | It 's interesting , you 're talking about our first caller who was saying that there was just too much television coverage |
| 30 | Like now , when he was talking about his first involvement with Peru . |