Example sentences of "[prep] him about the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were no signs of him about the place . |
| 2 | Officially he does not share Bacon 's acceptance of formal causes , and even his agreement with him about the relevance to human actions of the final causes of Aristotelian tradition is qualified by the thought that , in the end , they are reducible to efficient causes . |
| 3 | Just as he disagreed with him about the essential or principal properties of body , Locke disagreed with Descartes about the mind . |
| 4 | If a child brings in his birthday cards , then the teacher might explore his interest by talking with him about the number of cards , the pictures ( colours , sizes , what 's happening , etc. ) , the shape and size of the cards , and the number symbol . |
| 5 | I would like to say that I agree completely with him about the lack of tennis action on our TV screens . |
| 6 | Eliot was at first furious with him about the decision . |
| 7 | It was all just a sort of angry joke because the rest of the gang , and Ashton in particular , would n't agree with him about the best way to fill holes in . |
| 8 | I am afraid that I could not catch the last part of my hon. Friend 's question , but I agree with him about the importance that he attaches to the single market . |
| 9 | I agree with him about the irreversibility of the peace process . |
| 10 | I am sure that the Secretary of State for Scotland will appreciate that I have corresponded with him about the fact that the Local Government Finance Bill is a United Kingdom Bill . |
| 11 | Because I have such regard for the right hon. Gentleman , it makes me all the more discontented to disagree with him about the proposition of permanent or automatic timetables . |
| 12 | He had been immersed in the clean up work for nearly a month and he wanted to be with friends who restore and collect aircraft and who could empathise more fully than most with him about the size of the task and who also might offer some constructive ideas ‘ At first I was in shock , it was too much to comprehend ’ , shared Kermit . |
| 13 | It was only too apparent , as Olga tore into him about the disgrace she would suffer , that , like a hippie , he cared nothing for the kind of life his parents led ; he did not share their values or ambitions . |
| 14 | Polybius again went a step further by passing over in silence the Roman Bacchanalia which chronologically and typologically can hardly be separated from the new popularity of Dionysus in Egypt about 210 B.C. He was also silent about the religious crisis in Rome during the second Punic War : we do not hear from him about the human sacrifices of that time . |
| 15 | I asked Dick if there were any surprises for him about the aircraft and he mentioned that he was pleasantly surprised that this Allison machine ran so smoothly and that the power band was as wide and it was . |
| 16 | for him about the second half saying , you know that he would n't have said this , would n't have said that . |
| 17 | I explained to him about the boxing-match and the waterfall and he went up close and examined the glass minutely , different areas of it , taking his time . |
| 18 | ‘ Then I 'd talk to him about the socio-economic roots of poverty . ’ |
| 19 | She was living with her boyfriend as she had for the last eight years and the hospital team were quite happy to talk to him about the proposed care plan for her . |
| 20 | In July , 1989 , the Daily Express reported that ex-Beatle Paul McCartney was funding a Fame-type school on Merseyside through remarks a black friend made to him about the Toxteth riots being mainly caused by police harassment . |
| 21 | Now , just when she was bursting to talk to him about the job , he was going to be less than forthcoming . |
| 22 | Close though her friendship with Gary had become she had never once breathed a word to him about the new collections she saw taking shape at Mattli — and as for ‘ pillow talk ’ the notion was absurd . |
| 23 | ‘ John spoke to him about the inadvisability of running errands on racecourses for his warned-off father , and said that if Jason had any information , he should pass it on to him , John Millington . |
| 24 | Anwar had reclaimed Changez and was patiently explaining to him about the shop , the wholesaler and the financial position . |
| 25 | We talk to him about the inner turmoil he had been feeling during his long drought and about his high hopes for the future . |
| 26 | Mr Massey , who had joined the group in 1985 and ended up as group finance director , recalls the early stages : ‘ When Anthony Jacobs mentioned selling , I talked to him about the possibility of an MBO . |
| 27 | She would have to talk to him about the flowers and the salmon . |
| 28 | However , the coach-driver case was an example of a case not reported directly but taken up in Paul Foot 's column , after the relatives of the victims had made a protest to him about the sentences and the lack of publicity of the case . |
| 29 | He had asked her to talk to him about the things that troubled her , but she could not . |
| 30 | He also talks to him about the possible relationship between stress , smoking , poor dietary habits , alcohol and the incidence of peptic ulcers so that Peter understands what is happening and can consider what changes he might make in his lifestyle . |