Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [pers pn] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | They can stop people , without prior basis of suspicion , ask them for personal details or question them about their knowledge of recent terrorist incidents . |
| 2 | If you want to ask me something or tell me about something you put your hand up and wait for me to ask you . |
| 3 | rather than throw it about |
| 4 | The thing that worries me about scientists is that they say one thing one day — like cholesterol is bad for you — and another thing the next day . ’ |
| 5 | The only thing that worries me about taking that out is that you then create a massive empty space , if you have got |
| 6 | So y w feel free now to ask questions I mean , you must have something that worries you about about this partic I can only really talk about the exam . |
| 7 | It 's very difficult to put a finger on what it was that attracted me about him . |
| 8 | It 's you that told me about him was n't it ? |
| 9 | ‘ Which girl is bad ? ’ asked Nour , his hair dark gold from the wetting of the shower , and I felt I would rather swim in the pool with the crocodiles than tell him about the girl like a cat . |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't like novels that tell you about things . ’ |
| 11 | It consists mainly of a diagram of the shape , plus figures that tell you about the sizes , stitches and rows . |
| 12 | In addition to the firearms that tell us about and the door opener , was any other equipment issued to the officers ? |
| 13 | ‘ That 's what they used to say about women ’ is not a proof that saying it about a child is false . |
| 14 | THE only thing that puzzles me about the Government decision to ban the Northern Irish Protestant terror gang , the UDA , is why it has taken them so long to do it . |
| 15 | ‘ There 's only one thing that puzzles me about all this . ’ |
| 16 | Another thing that tickled me about that game was that when vinny had got his second he went over to one of the hoardings that had ‘ Alexei Sayle ’ written on it and kicked the shit out of it for some reason ( same goal I think as above ) |
| 17 | The aim is to provide a book that tells you about an aspect of computing , while still being understandable and enjoyable . |
| 18 | If you go along to a good quality golf course they have the score card a planner but they also have a little script that tells you about the hole . |
| 19 | In fact , there 's no end to the things that irritate me about television news — the inane scripts , for one . |
| 20 | A good starting point is to ask parents to list ten things that irritate them about the school plus ten things that the school does rather well . |
| 21 | ’ The thing that bothers me about English training is that although acting is as demanding as ballet or opera , dancers and singers work out every day . |
| 22 | So it was something in my subconscious trying to push me from infantile dependency to maturation that brought it about that , in the dream , I could not find the inn again . |
| 23 | ACTIVITY 3 5–10 mins Note down the points that strike you about this delivery system , the good as well as the bad . |
| 24 | The thing that disturbs me about statistics is that they can be interpreted to mean anything . |
| 25 | Yes , erm I think that puts us about half way now . |
| 26 | In building up this database we are initially asking major groups to complete a questionnaire that informs us about what services they provide . |
| 27 | The first thing that struck me about Dana 's poems was his incredibly tiny script , an almost minuscule handwriting that was often difficult to decipher . |
| 28 | One thing that struck me about this contraceptive suggestion was that it was being made by people who totally disapproved of all experimentation on animals . |
| 29 | Cliff Bastin said of his celebrated partner : ‘ The first thing that struck me about Alex was his terrific self-confidence . |
| 30 | The thing , two things that struck me about it , one of which is that we were not talking about a separate soundtrack , the actual existing soundtrack of the film is merged with the audio description |