Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] about [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the little amulet which told them most about the girl . |
| 2 | He could tell them little about the enemy , save that his party , coming here , had crossed the tracks of a great host in the Kilsyth area of Strathkelvin , by the horse-droppings at least a day old . |
| 3 | I think what attracted me most about the country round was its Englishness , meadows deep in grass and wild flowers , and willows wherever there was water . |
| 4 | The thing that struck me most about the room was its symmetry . |
| 5 | He reached beneath the saddle and dipped his fingers in the shelf of scented unguents , then began to smear them delicately about the tiny hole , pushing inward , the unguents working their magic spell , making the muscles relax . |
| 6 | This is not telling me much about the far side of the hill , he thought . |
| 7 | Even if I could get down to the required , modest depth , what could I possibly about the swamp ? |
| 8 | ‘ The idea is that anglers should be far more aware of the resource they are using and it should be the job of the IFM to teach them more about the fish , ’ said IFM official Robin Templeton . |
| 9 | He says the countryside brings in tourists and the attractions teach them more about the countryside . |
| 10 | ‘ A French officer called to see me yesterday about the Hamnett affair . ’ |
| 11 | Fleischmann told me more about the background to his work with Pons . |
| 12 | I realized as I turned its pages that this was probably telling me more about the country and its people than my actual visit . |
| 13 | Of the literati in their thrall , Budd Schulberg emerged as the writer who told you most about the bouts . |
| 14 | The simplicity , though , is deceiving because it tells you little about the developmental performance leading to the strongly and reliably determined patterns of differentiation and spatial organisation of the animal . |
| 15 | ‘ They tell you only about the big names and the famous dates . |
| 16 | If you look at the Booker Prize for literature or the film awards , they rarely tell you much about the state of literature or film production . |
| 17 | Yes , yes , he was a poor little sole all the way through was n't , but , erm , she does n't sort of tell you much about the good times at the end |
| 18 | But it tells you more about the personal horrors of living under apartheid than many a flashier epic . |
| 19 | I 'd put them all in an old suitcase and erm , cos I could n't just put them in there I had to have a look , they 're sentimental and that book was in there so I can definitely get you that , but I would n't go up in the loft I 'm afraid , I 'm so scared of creepy crawlies so er , you know , if you , if you want to come back some time when my husband 's here I mean he can tell you more about the wallpaper and decorating , and I 'll get him to get that out . |
| 20 | Page 40 tells you more about the lively village and things to do there — yacht instruction , windsurf holidays , casual sailing , child ‘ Minders ’ and so on . |
| 21 | Page 42 tells you more about the resort , casual sailing and the distractions of Bodrum . |
| 22 | Page 42 tells you more about the Bodrum peninsula , Bitez , and the two delightful hotels we use , but this is a convenient resort where you live right on the beach , enjoying a friendly style of service that 's difficult to fault . |
| 23 | A brief aside from a senior Minister can tell you more about the real thinking of the Cabinet than half a dozen statements in Parliament . |
| 24 | ‘ I should have told you earlier about the pain , Shelley , but I thought you 'd had enough ill people for one day , ’ she explained . |
| 25 | Let me ask you then about the good life — you 're a single woman again , are you enjoying every minute of that ? |
| 26 | She said : ‘ I was asking you then about the changes — the developments , as you called them — in Durance 's work . |
| 27 | Miracle Squares I think there 's a lot of thought gone into it you know , it ca n't be easy to re er to , to just dream up a game erm , I like the one about you go to the last supper and the waiter spills soup on your trousers , the waiter , ha tell you else about the Marx brothers an'all , the waiter is er the king of Snowdonia and it 's Groucho Marx , the , they 've got this massive hall , and er these big steps leading down into it you know and as , as they 're coming in there 's somebody at the top and Ann says who 's , who 's walking in and they walk down the stairs you know and Mr and Mrs and the king has you know and he says oh the king Snowdonia is about to arrive , he should be here any minute now , he should be here dead on this time you know , he gets these big fanfare trumpets up da , da , da , da , the king of Snowdonia , and there 's nothing and all of a sudden it flashes to Groucho Marx and then he 's in bed with |
| 28 | In a few moments I 'd like to tell you briefly about the trading background to the figures and to give you an indication of how business has been since the period ended and particularly since our important sale started on Boxing Day . |
| 29 | We will then contact you again about the time and place . |
| 30 | And then if er you want a so solicitor with you on that day we 'll have to come to some arrangement with you privately about the costs . |