Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [pron] about the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He replied politely that just as he studied the whereabouts of bones and tendons and muscles so as to know more about the figures he tried to draw , in the same way — if he was attempting a portrait — it helped to know something about the working of people 's minds and how their characters had been formed . |
| 2 | We want to know everything about the Dove Trust and its officers . |
| 3 | I 'm back with another Fox Report on Monday , but if you want to know everything about the sport and leisure that 's happening in the area , do make sure you listen to Fox leisure with Steve Priestley and Phil Angell tomorrow at two , and Steve Priestly is here , in person , after the news at seven with the Red Fox . |
| 4 | 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 ? |
| 5 | ‘ Captain Maestrangelo , ’ he said , filling his pipe rapidly and efficiently , ‘ needs to know something about the family , everything about the family , in fact , and quickly . ’ |
| 6 | The important point about heritability is that we do not need to know anything about the actual genotypes in order to say what it is . |
| 7 | In a search system like Okapi , which ranks records by weighting terms , the system also does not need to know anything about the nature of the relationship . |
| 8 | Other than this we do not need to know anything about the portion of the sentence we have already generated . |
| 9 | He will , however , be expected to do something about the severe imbalances that are masked by the wonderful overall figures for economic growth . |
| 10 | You 'll need to reassure her about the reliability of your products and the good service your shop offers . |
| 11 | And we tried to do something about the problem of alcoholism and prostitution in the area by getting the bars and brothels registered with the local government . |
| 12 | He tried to educate them about the nature of demythologizing , a word of which the press had got hold , and to guide them about the best modern writing on the New Testament . |
| 13 | I want to have you about the house because I brought you a little souvenir from New York , only it may take a while to get it out of my suitcase . |
| 14 | I shall certainly do what I can to advance the matter , but I hesitate to say what about the paper , because I do n't think it is an easy thing to cover in a paper . |
| 15 | The ‘ no meaning ’ theist denies that the theist needs to say anything about the existence of God that is intelligible to those who do n't already accept the existence of God as true . |
| 16 | However before examining it I want to say something about the general response of community educators to the problems facing the working-class in N. Ireland . |
| 17 | Second I want to say a few words about the efforts that have been made in the last twelve months to increase the G M B's role in the building and civil engineering industries and third I want to say something about the present serious situation in the building industry pay talks . |
| 18 | I just want to ask you about the actual erm methodology , which sections did you examine ? |
| 19 | She has come to tell them about the opportunities which await them if they are prepared to make the long journey to Oregon . |
| 20 | This leaflet is designed to tell you about the Association and how to join . |
| 21 | As I was typing these words , a young friend phoned to tell me about the wonderful summer holiday he had just had with his father . |
| 22 | Another potential voter starts to tell him about the car that went through his garden wall . |
| 23 | I tried to tell her about the horrible man on the doorstep but she would n't listen . |
| 24 | Hundred thousand pounds you do not have to submit an inland revenue account , therefore you do n't need to tell them about the three hundred thousand pounds and therefore you wo n't pay inheritance tax . |
| 25 | They had interviewed a man from Bombay who claimed to have a degree in physics but turned out to be a defrocked dentist , and they had nearly offered a job to a man from Sri Lanka who seemed to know everything about the school apart from the fact that it was supposed to be for Muslims . |
| 26 | In a car outside these youngsters seemed to know something about the vandalism . |
| 27 | Unlike Karelius and Fräulein Müller , the Frenchman seemed to know nothing about the opera or even the rudiments of music . |
| 28 | The Director seemed to know nothing about the College . |
| 29 | " We came to do something about the record-player , " Sandra said brightly . |
| 30 | A teenager concerned about the plight of the homeless has decided to do something about the problem herself . |