Example sentences of "[verb] i about the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most intriguing matter supplied by Gaitskell was when he consulted me about the constant leakage of the party 's National Executive minutes to the Manchester Guardian . |
| 2 | A group of pupils studying science asked me about the new member of staff . |
| 3 | My hon. Friend asked me about the medical ethics of the issue . |
| 4 | My mother told me about the famous people who lived in them . |
| 5 | Er another thing that I mean thought , somebody told me about the other day er it 's an old thing is er gravel drives . |
| 6 | My acupuncturist told me about the broad-leafed veg , and I did n't think to ask him what he was on about . |
| 7 | Mum told me about the various forms of contraception but apart from that we did n't really talk about it . |
| 8 | And he told me about the increased risk of late miscarriage with amniocentesis as well . ’ |
| 9 | He told me about the sheer quantity of submissions that the Review received and regretfully had to reject , and spoke admiringly of much of the material that does come to him . |
| 10 | He told me about the extensive work involved in restoring the area behind the cockpit . |
| 11 | He told me about the Icelandic landscapes , harsh yet wondrous , of the coloured rocks in Landmannalaugar and the emptiness . |
| 12 | Michael told me about the interesting feature in one of the corners . |
| 13 | When you told me about the American girl , I hoped it meant you 'd got over Pickles . |
| 14 | So when I came back to England , I consulted two elderly ladies , one a doctor , the other a spiritual medium , who work together , and who told me about the past lives I had had . |
| 15 | She was interested to find out that I liked British history ; she told me about the Medieval Circle . |
| 16 | I remember him chuckling when he told me about the big farm men who came to have their teeth extracted . |
| 17 | You know you you told me about the big boat did n't you ? |
| 18 | This is what he told me about the Batty sale . |
| 19 | Someone should have told me about the local MIND and the National Schizophrenia Fellowship and what they could offer . |
| 20 | And it just goes on keeps going on another night another nightmare and then back to the interview room again and the tape machine again and more questions about Stromefirry-nofirry and Jersey and flights and that 's when they tell me about the other one that 's when they say oh by the way your best friend Andy is dead blown up in the hotel when it burned down ; probably beaten to death first head stoved in but of course you probably know all that because you did that too , did n't you ? |
| 21 | ‘ Tell me about the white patient , ’ I asked him . |
| 22 | Can anyone one tell me about the solar system , or anything they know about it . |
| 23 | ‘ Tell me about the secret garden , ’ she said . |
| 24 | Right well t t tell me about the physical abuse , what sort of things were they doing to you Andrew . |
| 25 | ‘ Tell me about the funny Dutch houses and Red Indians , ’ he would ask . |
| 26 | ‘ What depresses me about the whole position is that skills are so important and the lack of them now is undermining our whole competitive position . |
| 27 | He spent half a day teaching me about the various policies and endowments , the way to figure cash surrender values , the matter of group insurance , and the various approaches to a prospect by the insurance salesman . |
| 28 | ‘ She was asking me about the criminal classes , so I was telling her . ’ |
| 29 | I think the one thing , that that really annoys me about the royal family is the way they speak and the fact that the way that they speak is still re re regarded by certain sections of the , population , both in Scotland and in England , as being er , the correct way in which the English language should be pronounced , which is of course , arrant nonsense ! |
| 30 | The carpenter tells me about the Khaki scouts . |