Example sentences of "[verb] [v-ing] [pers pn] about [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why did he keep questioning her about boyfriends and engagements ? |
| 2 | ‘ It 's time I began telling you about Constanza . |
| 3 | ‘ You just said that so I 'd stop teasing you about Tom Russell . ’ |
| 4 | I started nagging him about money , about not having a proper job and no guts to get one … |
| 5 | For almost the whole flight I kept asking her about life in England . |
| 6 | But when they say that ‘ the agenda shifted on to health ’ , this may just mean ‘ Mr Kinnock talked a lot about health this morning ’ , or ‘ Mr Major tried to talk about taxes this morning , but we had that yesterday , so we kept asking him about health instead . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Over here , ’ considers Tim , ‘ they keep asking us about Manchester and the Hacienda , or the drugs . |
| 8 | ‘ Over , they keep asking us about Manchester and the Hacienda , or the drug.s I do n't want to talk about it , too many people want to go on about it — but then the Americans seem to think that The Sundays are part of the Manchester thing as well ’ — TIM BURGESS |
| 9 | ‘ Over here , ’ considers Tim , ‘ they keep asking us about Manchester and the Hacienda , or the drugs . |
| 10 | ‘ Over , they keep asking us about Manchester and the Hacienda , or the drug.s I do n't want to talk about it , too many people want to go on about it — but then the Americans seem to think that The Sundays are part of the Manchester thing as well ’ — TIM BURGESS |
| 11 | Why , I mean it might not be worth anything , I mean , you know , it 's a value , you ca n't , you ca n't start influencing them about money to early , because it 's the value benefit of that that they 're really looking at . |