Example sentences of "[pron] [to-vb] about [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're too glad to see me to worry about authenticity . |
| 2 | She wanted me to know about Father . ’ |
| 3 | She just had to have someone to talk about Fred to , and Jane , who 'd been through exactly the same cycle of experiences with him as Doris had , only one floor below , was the ideal person . " |
| 4 | ‘ But it 's far too early for me to talk about marriage . |
| 5 | Yes you would like me to talk about noise . |
| 6 | In the middle of the night she woke me to talk about Heathcliff . |
| 7 | But he did give me somebody to ring about caravans |
| 8 | He did n't allow himself to think about Zoe until he arrived at the field entrance to the cottage . |
| 9 | Harvey said , ‘ Your mother does n't want you to know about Simon 's cigars . ’ |
| 10 | He said , ‘ It 's nice of you to worry about Marjorie . |
| 11 | I 'm sorry but I really ca n't allow you to talk about Square in the middle of a paper on . |
| 12 | I was going to get you to talk about Mitch and England but now it is impossible . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I came to you to talk about Matilda , Headmistress . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm not one to fuss about women 's rights . |
| 15 | Well anyhow the had something to say about memory as well erm which is quite interesting . |
| 16 | erm Professor Ron Dore is going to talk a bit about when education should stop and I suspect will be saying some of the things that you 've already hinted at , and then later on Professor Colin Lacey will be talking about some aspects of teachers and teaching and training of teachers , and I suspect he will have something to say about mobility of teachers and careers of teachers as , as well . |
| 17 | If you talk about believing the Bible to be true and then go out and pick on someone who you do n't get on with , your friends may remind you that the Bible has something to say about Christians loving their enemies ! |
| 18 | To reply instead yes would give a feeling of ‘ finality ’ , of ‘ end of the conversation ’ ; if A did have something to say about John Smith , the response with a fall would make it difficult for A to continue . |
| 19 | Oh I see so it 's still you know , i insults , you know , it 's something , something to say about people you do n't like . |
| 20 | What else have we to say about ego ? |
| 21 | And the bravado caused me to forget about caution and to head for a place that I 'd earlier avoided — because it was my favourite night-spot in Uulaa-la . |
| 22 | What was there to say about Positos VI PH ? |
| 23 | What else is there to say about muck , glorious muck ? |
| 24 | It was obvious from that answer that the Secretary of State has nothing whatsoever to say about steel . |
| 25 | As Agnes hurried down the street it came to her that it had been tactless of her to talk about life being dull and with no bright future ; for had they any bright future ? |
| 26 | Finch encouraged her to talk about Sam , which she did to nervous excess , while Barrett made innumerable cups of tea and coffee . |
| 27 | The head nodded reassuringly , seeming to listen , but he did not encourage her to talk about Balbinder any more . |
| 28 | He encouraged her to talk about Paddy , asking questions as if he was really interested , and by the time he pulled up she was beginning to feel much better . |
| 29 | It would teach him to strut about Lothian and Cumbria , treating Siward like some English underling . |
| 30 | I had , on the way back , made one more effort to penetrate the situation ; by trying , too casually , to get him to talk about Leverrier . |