Example sentences of "[to-vb] he about the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a Captain Dennis Babbage whose hobby was Bradshaw , the famous railway time-table ; and anyone who had a journey to make was welcome to consult him about the easiest ( or most interestingly complicated ) route to take . |
| 2 | Glancing at him , she was tempted to tease him about the sugar he had borrowed earlier , but if she did that it would amount to a tacit admission that he was right about her behaviour . |
| 3 | Irritated , she looked away and was about to tackle him about the apartment when her eyes fell on a party of very young children in fairy-tale costumes being shepherded past Quadri 's caffè by doting parents and grandparents . |
| 4 | His wife was again allowed to visit him about the same time on the following ( or third ) day of custody . |
| 5 | I saw Mr Callaghan come down the steps of his plane , stop at the foot and greet the throng of journalists waiting on the tarmac to question him about the current discontents . |
| 6 | Dalgliesh went on to question him about the blotter and the spent match . |
| 7 | None of the agencies involved in the official investigation of the Flight 103 bombing , either British or American , had even attempted to question him about the activities he had observed on Cyprus , despite all the rumours of the DEA 's involvement . |
| 8 | A man is under guard in hospital tonight while police wait to question him about the killing of one of his wife 's friends . |
| 9 | She constantly needed to caution him about the many dangers he was either too young or too stupid to recognize for himself . |
| 10 | The hon. Member for Gravesham ( Mr. Arnold ) said the same yesterday , but Ministers were unable to enlighten him about the method that might be used . |
| 11 | Ossie wanted to ask him about the two gentlemen of Verona . |
| 12 | I wanted to ask him about the room , if anyone has cancelled . |
| 13 | I had hoped to intervene to ask him about the extent of the Bill , but he sat down very rapidly at the end of his speech . |
| 14 | But , before Robert had the chance to ask him about the Golden Calf of the Druze , or what a Nizari Ismaili might be , or how many of either group might be lurking around Wimbledon , the bell sounded for the end of break , and , below them , in the Great Hall , he heard the sounds of the whole school assembling for nature , recreation and Islamic dancing . |
| 15 | I was just about to ask him about the horse — and I never got another chance afterwards . |
| 16 | It was right at the very beginning when you had to ask him about the introduction , I thought you were going straight off from the business card and all the rest of it and what you actually had was your C C Q in front of you because it took you all that time to get round to it . |
| 17 | ‘ Morning , ’ she said in a friendly voice , then pointed to the desk to remind him about the microphone . |
| 18 | to remind him about the cars . |
| 19 | Mr Major got off to a stickier start with President Mitterrand , who neglected to tell him about the Gulf peace plan that France was about to launch in mid-January . |
| 20 | He asked the parents to tell him about the children , their tastes , their likes and dislikes . |
| 21 | But Mary was out so I gave him the letter and began to tell him about the trouble at home . |
| 22 | He did n't need Fraser to tell him about the brother and sister . |
| 23 | ‘ I do n't think that 'd do him much harm , ’ she said , and went on to tell him about the incident in the Village , finishing up with the assassin 's miraculous recovery . |
| 24 | He was looking at outdoor cold stress and we were able to tell him about the extent of the particular housing problem in Scotland and how people could only afford to heat one room . |
| 25 | But if you do n't have to contact the inland revenue , because you do n't need to prove the will because the estate is too small then you do n't have to tell him about the jointly owned property . |
| 26 | Your captain , Seru , was here earlier this morning and began to tell him about the holes in the AOL . |
| 27 | This time when he slid the door back , she moved towards him , as if expecting him to let her pass , beginning to tell him about the incident at the Dragon Cloud , the wicker basket of leftovers from the teahouse held out before her . |
| 28 | She wanted to say that not only was that ridiculous but it was dangerous , she wanted to tell him about the frightening minutes in the maze of old Nice . |
| 29 | The anti-terrorist branch were looking hard at MacQuillan 's political life , but Wickham knew someone who would certainly be able to tell him about the dead man 's business life . |
| 30 | If he had n't rattled her so much the other day , leaving her high and dry to sneak off and join his girlfriend , she might have remembered to tell him about the dratted ledgers . |