Example sentences of "[pron] about a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Claire is like that : one minute she knows nothing about a subject like ballet , and the next she 's a world expert . |
| 2 | And , in those pages anyway , the book had said nothing about a split . |
| 3 | There was nothing about a delivery in his early morning instructions . |
| 4 | The genial mayor , Monsieur Gerard Thibaut , met our questions with blank bewilderment : ‘ I know nothing about a picture of the Fallen Madonna hidden in a Bratwurst sausage , ’ he said . |
| 5 | ‘ Stuart Baxter said nothing about a woman , ’ said Vic . |
| 6 | But even he could do nothing about a shot from Bishop which flashed past a group of players from the edge of the area but went the wrong side of the post and a header by Martin seconds from time which was cleared off the line . |
| 7 | ‘ There was no message to give , nothing about a ransom or anything ? ’ |
| 8 | Till receipts say nothing about a business ’ overheads . |
| 9 | ‘ To tell them about a misunderstanding ? ’ |
| 10 | Under the persuasion of the Bow Street Runners , information was wrung from them about a meeting of the Wokingham Blacks , and a complete troop of Horse Grenadiers was drafted down to the forest . |
| 11 | He went to Mr Vigo for them about a month back . ’ |
| 12 | One day Mr Bumble came to tell them about a woman who had died in an extremely poor part of the town , and Sowerberry and Oliver went to collect the body . |
| 13 | anyw anyway erm I was talking to her on the bus not too long ago and , I do n't know how it came up but she was talking about Egypt , and er she 'd been apparently oh some a year or two back cos she did a , an evening course on Egyptology and she went through that , but she was telling me about a friend or friends of hers who 'd been er and told me about the trip . |
| 14 | An East African Asian Hindu women told me about a man 's responsibilities ( her husband was carrying them out very successfully , she said ) ‘ I think it is a man 's fault if his wife is backward . |
| 15 | A remark which someone had once made to me about a man who had gone mad in the camp came clearly out of the darkness : |
| 16 | ‘ And she writes to me about a man like this ! ’ |
| 17 | Nevil just walked with me about a foot off the floor until I hit the table with my stomach . |
| 18 | Nobody told me about a bar graph . |
| 19 | She sent Gwenellen to sit with him , because she wanted to tell me about a telephone call from General Francis . |
| 20 | you was telling me about a suit . |
| 21 | It 's taken me about a year to realize that the things I put down do n't actually disappear of their own accord . |
| 22 | Yes the er the doctors were very very keen in those days they 'd repo , I remember Doctor telling me about a case on . |
| 23 | It took me about a day each to write , seal , stamp and post this letter of mine , but I managed to get the thing off in the end . |
| 24 | ‘ The last time I saw him he 'd been drinking pretty heavily and he pushed me about a bit . |
| 25 | . He travels home from work he sits down are you fucking me about a bit ? |
| 26 | For example once he went to Rome on business and when he got back he told me about a building which was like the sky at night , so big that even when you stood in front of it you could n't believe you were actually seeing it . |
| 27 | Right , as soon as we 've done this then we 'll have to go and have a , you can have a bath and mummy can have a shower because I 've got a lady coming to see me about a job . |
| 28 | A friend once told me about a Xingu ‘ Indian ’ he met in Brazil who went to Sao Paulo , a gigantic city , for the first time . |
| 29 | Mr Timothy 's telling me about a gypsy girl he and Andrew Manners met today . |
| 30 | Yeah he mentioned to me about a month ago well I think it was at Christmas , it was probably at Christmas time |