Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [pers pn] about the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anecdotes that bolster self-image reveal a great deal to you about the speaker . |
| 2 | There were no signs of him about the place . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ Anyway , I told Dotty , ‘ Dotty darling , ’ I said , ‘ this terrible possessiveness of yours about the house is definitely something sick , something absolutely psychological . ’ |
| 5 | Treachery is unlikely , but the decision not to attack the Scottish camp , and not to pursue the Scots when they broke camp , suggests at the very least a lack of confidence and judgement amongst the English commanders , and there is some evidence of disagreement amongst them about the tactics they should adopt . |
| 6 | But you can use the Jeannie slot as erm a revision thing , you come and have a chat with me about the course , or we can show the video . |
| 7 | I would also welcome a chat with you about the arrangements sometime next week . |
| 8 | Lineker says : ‘ It really started , if Graham 's honest , when he had a dig at me about the Republic of Ireland game at Wembley , when I did a piece with one of the newspapers saying I was a bit tired . |
| 9 | Then he read a textbook of hers about the craft of the dramatist and it had stopped him from showing her anything for a year . |
| 10 | There were moments when he took on too much ; and although I pursued the matter of our volume only because he had invited me to do so , I soon realized that I was asking more than I should have done , especially as I was uncertain at any moment whether my collaborators saw eye to eye with me about the scope of our project . |
| 11 | Well I have to , I , I 'll have to have Elaine with me about the hat because er I prefer somebody else with me |
| 12 | The last Minister for the Arts but one , Tim Renton , made a remark to me about the difficulty of speaking up too energetically for the arts sector in the House of Commons , for fear that the other MPs would say , ‘ Ah , poor chap , he 's gone native ’ . |
| 13 | Even at formal dinners where weighty matters were being bandied about , he would seek out other young fathers to swap stories with them about the thrill and magic of childbirth . |
| 14 | He also wishes to engage in a good argument with her about the nature of the character . |
| 15 | A-1 put the fear of God into us about the Corvette . |
| 16 | ‘ Did she make an official complaint to you about the attack ? ’ |
| 17 | He was whistling that stupid little old song of his about the man who was scared to go home in the dark . ’ |
| 18 | I 've still got bits of it about the porno magazines and that though . |
| 19 | Better have a word with her about the domestic arrangements . |
| 20 | I thought I 'd better have a word with you about the incredibly clever trick-ending . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | The report did recommend that members be called upon to break off relations with Spain , but there were serious divisions among them about the efficacy of such measures . |
| 23 | We were always having rows with them about the back garden , territorial disputes over 15-square-feet of packed mud covered in cat shit . |
| 24 | Many smaller firms in Darlington have already been in touch with me about the jobs they say are being put at risk . ’ |
| 25 | We have been in touch with it about the proposed sale of the site and will continue to be . |
| 26 | Mrs Petrov had been a senior Russian agent in Sweden and after her defection Swedish intelligence visited Australia and obtained much useful information from her about the networks she had established in their country .. |
| 27 | ‘ I have considered all the facts that you describe relating to the circumstances and they are substantially as in my officer 's report to me about the death . |
| 28 | MacGibbon & Kee had published a book by him about the Suez affair . |
| 29 | ‘ He was only tryin' to make polite conversation with you about the keyboards . |
| 30 | I have phoned Sarah many times and had long talks with her about the welfare of goats . |