Example sentences of "[verb] about [pers pn] on the " in BNC.
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1 | The case of the chartered accountant who has just been found guilty of a serious reckless driving offence only came to the Institute 's attention by chance , when an Investigation Committee member heard about it on the radio . |
2 | ‘ I 'm surprised I have n't heard about you on the grapevine . |
3 | He had drowned , unable to move , when the rising tide had filled the channel : Marie remembered seeing about it on the local television news . |
4 | I 'll think about it on the way home . ’ |
5 | If there 's a traffic jam anywhere the new information unit will let you know about it on the hour as well . |
6 | It beat about them on the wind as men shook their fists and shouted , faces shining . |
7 | ‘ Listen , I do n't want to talk about it on the phone . |
8 | His office would n't want to talk about it on the telephone , because my father has not been well , and at times has been behaving rather strangely . |
9 | Unfair , maybe , but a horribly damaging allegation to have made about you on the eve of the Lions ' selection . |
10 | after my second week he said I 'd got the gift of the gab or something and I always manage to wind people round my finger and always always get what I want and everything and I always took my way out of shit and I heard this from Matt , you can imagine how upset I was like on my I tell you er I heard about it on the field weekend cos I was here and Matt was here as well and , and I just thought my God I 've been friends with this bloke , we were having baths together when we were like two years old and , and I 've known him all my life and if you ca n't trust him well where does the , where , well you know , who can you trust ? |
11 | They talked about it on the way down in Goblander . |
12 | Fortunately I do n't have to do the really dangerous stuff , buteven backstage in the wings I did have a few things falling about me on the last day in Manchester . |
13 | ‘ I 'm insulted that he 's even talking about me on the tape — and I 'm sure the other players he 's mentioned feel the same . |
14 | She was talking about you on the phone recently . |
15 | We were talking about it on the way back . |
16 | ‘ I think it 's good news , but I ca n't talk about it on the telephone . |
17 | ‘ Well , there was a little problem , but I do n't think I 'd better talk about it on the phone . ’ |