Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] about the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Craig slowly recovers one thing that really upsets his parents is that no-one from the council has bothered to see them about the accident or to ask how craig is : |
| 2 | Oh , and Frank wanted to see me about the car . |
| 3 | Will he reassure me about the future of those patients who , until now , have been in the rheumatology unit of Ruchill hospital ? |
| 4 | The hon. Member for Linlithgow ( Mr. Dalyell ) asked me about the independence of the funding council . |
| 5 | She often asked me about the hills in the distance , beyond the moors , and wanted to ride her pony there . |
| 6 | The hon. Gentleman asked me about the degree of support from medical staff . |
| 7 | You asked me about the stance we were to adopt . |
| 8 | Bobby Lavender asked me about the target range . |
| 9 | ‘ What angers me about the system goes beyond the unreliability of ‘ proof ’ … it 's that the way criminals are dealt with has nothing to do with rehabilitation and readjusting people who 've stepped outside society 's norms . |
| 10 | ‘ That 's what bugs me about the experience . |
| 11 | During an opera we had a lighting change and they misinformed me about the weights . |
| 12 | Various organisations have lobbied me about the Bill . |
| 13 | She asked them about the child and they said they had just found him . |
| 14 | Mahmoud asked them about the girl . |
| 15 | Is that the day Jane asked them about the pension , how much there 'd |
| 16 | I asked them about the war , and they said it was okay , but you could see in their eyes they did n't mean it . |
| 17 | They hacked me in the ribs and then proceeded to batter me about the head . |
| 18 | The BD8 Form is sent to the Social Services Department and a social worker will then visit the family to inform them about the services and allowances that may be available to them . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Do you mind not pressing her about the drowning ? |
| 21 | 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 ! |
| 22 | Does not my hon. Friend consider it surprising that the right hon. Member for Chingford ( Mr. Tebbit ) , who always wants to lecture us about the rule of law although we certainly need no lectures about it from him , comes to the House with , I think , two cases where crookedness was involved ? |
| 23 | Nathan told them about the can of beans , the shotgun hold-up , the brutal thrashing in the back yard . |
| 24 | No-one told them about the drug 's side effects . |
| 25 | How often have you heard parents say , ‘ Nobody took us seriously when we told them about the problem ? ’ |
| 26 | Under interrogation he told them about the ball of wax and , when he finally shat it out , they cut it open and found a letter . |
| 27 | So anyway , before I heard that I 'd got an appointment at the Clinic , I got caught for one burglary and so I told them about the rest , 'cos I wanted to get off it an ’ I knew that was the only way of getting off it and I thought , now I 've been caught , I might as well get meself stuck down for a bit , like , rather than get a big fine which I wouldn'a been able to handle at that time … . |
| 28 | He told them about the journey down , the woman in black , the taxi-driver . |
| 29 | ‘ I just told them about the bullet damage to the boat and about the chart . ’ |
| 30 | As calmly as possible , Cowley told them about the accident on the outskirts of London . |