Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pers pn] about [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Werewolf admired her motorbike , I asked her about weekend games at the farm . |
| 2 | ‘ Yesterday , when I asked you about animal rights , you said you were out of it and clammed up good and proper . |
| 3 | I told him about paint work under the bonnet , Mark had they 'd mentioned some paint work had got ta be dealt with and that passenger door with the draught and I told them that . |
| 4 | thing I told you about lady in red , remember that , a million and a quarter , |
| 5 | ‘ Do you remember when I told you about Dad ? ’ |
| 6 | Now I teach him about indie music and he teaches me about dance . |
| 7 | That will become quite significant when I tell you about call forwarding . |
| 8 | Did I tell you about accident at top tonight ? |
| 9 | He seemed distracted when she asked him about Island Trading 's reliability . |
| 10 | What she told me about vegetable growing meant very little to me , so I can barely recall now what was said , except that she would let me have some strawberries on Monday for my brother 's supper , but I remember how easily the talk went , my unexpected visit serenely taken for granted , with no query as to why I had come . |
| 11 | She stood there , tall , slim , striking , her hair catching light from the sun , and she told them about history or exotic religions — dramatically , humanly , but cleverly mixing in the dry bits with the drama . |
| 12 | She told him about Holly and Maureen and the MacQuillan plan for a three-page gossip column . |
| 13 | She told him about dissension in the library , about the village feuds . |
| 14 | ‘ Why did n't you tell me about WIN by the way ? |
| 15 | Can you tell me about diet , age expectancy , social behaviour and land of origin ? |
| 16 | cutting knife Did you tell him about car ? |
| 17 | ‘ Can you advise me about shopping , please ? |
| 18 | She teaches him about life , ( a little late , since he 's not long for this world ) and he teaches her about art . |
| 19 | He says , oh he said when you see your sister will you ask her about steam cleaner ? |
| 20 | Anthea Turner ( above ) radiant after her marriage to Peter Powell — but what a shame no one told him about Head and Shoulders |
| 21 | Has no one told him about acid rain or the carcinogens in coal waste ? |
| 22 | When you do not live with anyone else there is no one to nag you about smoking , drinking , eating too much , or eating the wrong things . |
| 23 | Let me tell you about town wives … |
| 24 | No matter how little else they tell you about TV movies they always tell you this . |
| 25 | said you know they ask us about colour and |
| 26 | For there is a dilemma along the way — expressed so poignantly by the very young pregnant schoolgirl who , in response to the question : " But did n't they tell you about sex in school ? " replied " Oh yes , they told me what to do — but nobody said how much I 'd want to do it ! " |
| 27 | Yet he had photographs of her in every jacket pocket , and they fell out of books at the wrong time and upset Eva ; and when he asked me about Mum , Dad and I had to go into another room , away from Eva , as if we were discussing something disgraceful . |
| 28 | Then he told me about chaology , which he called the new buzz thing . |
| 29 | He taught me about voodoo , about the spirit of the rain and the spirit of the wind . |
| 30 | He says he taught her about wildlife , geography and Henry VIII and that she loved to listen . |