Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] about the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Various organisations have lobbied me about the Bill . |
| 2 | The reporter snapped a rubber band over his notebook , told Hank he would have rung him about the details of the book but he had not been able to get through . |
| 3 | I 've quizzed him about the noise , but he says he 's never heard it — well of course he has n't , he 's fast asleep ! |
| 4 | Brian refused to reveal who had approached him about the royal job . |
| 5 | Mr Muawad has said nothing about the composition of his cabinet , but is expected to include Mr Selim el-Hoss , Prime Minister in a rival administration to Gen Aoun . |
| 6 | He has said nothing about the government 's economic package , with its plan for a FFr68 billion rise in taxes . |
| 7 | Having said nothing about the er the charity erm erm the meeting on erm the meetings four times a year and we 're quite but there are some available for erm people erm and particularly to erm we agreed a list of people who wished to give them Christmas gifts , cash but I 'm sure they would help and and erm the names of people who who might need help er are always welcome so if I could just erm erm ask people to let me know if they know of anyone financial help . |
| 8 | The government has said nothing about the need to end the fiction of self regulation and to replace it with an efficient and effective and cheaper direct regulation . |
| 9 | We talked about things going wrong , one of the things that 's disturbed me about the tone of the discussion has been the emphasis of rights . |
| 10 | The tragedy is , we 've done nothing about the exclusive reliance on interest rates , we 've done nothing about the continuing erosion of jobs , and particularly so in the regions , er and this government has er wasted the summer months ; when it could have taken action it has merely compounded the problems that are of it 's own creation in the mismanagement of the economy . |
| 11 | The tragedy is , we 've done nothing about the exclusive reliance on interest rates , we 've done nothing about the continuing erosion of jobs , and particularly so in the regions , er and this government has er wasted the summer months ; when it could have taken action it has merely compounded the problems that are of it 's own creation in the mismanagement of the economy . |
| 12 | It is now common knowledge that there were consultants — were , because the Government have done something about the problem — who simply said , ’ I am a very important man . |
| 13 | She did n't say what it was or who published it or anything , but it made me you know think you know , so I wrote to her care of Writers something and erm asked her what 's the name of it I would like to read it because I had also written something about the er American Indians and erm er who 's the publisher or what 's it called , I 'd like to read it . |
| 14 | A sheet of rain had come down then , a hard , gusty shower , while they were laying the squares of turf back in place , and Adam had said something about the rain making the grass grow quickly , the rain being on their side . |
| 15 | It was years since he had read it but he thought Jung had said something about the universal need for secret societies . |
| 16 | But the city has also revealed something about the American voter , something that belies the conventional wisdom that all that counts is the big-buck campaigns with their television adverts and ‘ issues ’ tailored to every fractured constituency . |
| 17 | She 'd been close to panicking when Jeff had phoned her about the Sardinia stint . |
| 18 | However , it was a pity that Greg Lewin was interviewed by somebody only knowledgeable about corncrakes ; it would have been interesting to know whether Greg has done anything about the diabolical fingering needed on the ancient form of the racket . |
| 19 | Erm Wh have we done anything about the environmental charter ? |
| 20 | Right , I have n't done anything about the |
| 21 | If the NEA had n't said anything about the Mapplethorpe show , nobody would really have complained . |
| 22 | Kenneth was a little surprised that Hamish had n't said anything about the factory being in such dire straits , but then his brother did seem to put the church and the factory above family and friends . |
| 23 | It will be remembered that during the last 30 years of life the King had suffered from a distressing illness that resulted in his being kept under guard and even put into a straight-jacket : if he had said anything about the origin of the instrument it is unlikely that much weight would be given to his words . |
| 24 | I 've not actually said anything about the car . |
| 25 | We have been told nothing about the time of year , but for the purposes of the story we must assume that the rains have come , and the waters are high and fast , even though the women and children have got across safely enough . |
| 26 | As Burnett had been told nothing about the MI6 operation , he simply rejected Kotov 's complaint as a typical piece of Russian propaganda . |
| 27 | We are told nothing about the heir he instituted . |
| 28 | If he had been told nothing about the terms of his release , then probably it was Artai 's doing . |
| 29 | Subject presumes perceived er speaker as pr prestigious and authoritative and they perceived that there might be future interaction with him perceived his speech is more similar to their own than subjects who were told nothing about the speaker . |
| 30 | This came as something of a surprise , for nothing Victor Saunders had told me about the Priut refuge quite prepared me for my first sight of this three-storey silver sausage — an amazing futuristic construction with a dining room that looks out on a wonderland of peaks , and with some four-bedded dormitories which , if you 're lucky enough to be allocated one , ensures a degree of comfort far different from alpine-style overcrowding . |