Example sentences of "[verb] about the [num] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On even days he whispered about the five different meanings of how 's your father and the etymology of knackered , Bob 's your uncles , and taking the piss out of X or Y . |
| 2 | I caught an early edition , read about the ruckus , and thought I 'd better come home and see what was happening about the five grand . ’ |
| 3 | Brief observations that can be made about the four sub-unit management positions are as follows : |
| 4 | You , you , I 'm sure you read about the twenty two million pound deal with er , B B C and er , and there are , there are other deals in the offing . |
| 5 | With hindsight it is possible to generalise about the two main directions in which this kind of sex difference research has developed since Lakoff . |
| 6 | They know about the ten grand . |
| 7 | Can I suggest that we talk about the four thousand pound job as a sort of practice profile if we like ? |
| 8 | Oh I was reading about the twenty three stone ! |
| 9 | ‘ I chose it myself , but I ca n't bring myself to live there just yet , ’ she explained when asked about the four bedroomed apartment . |
| 10 | Well let's forget about that , let's forget about the two thousand odd people who 've said no , let's forget about the fact that there were these accidents in that road , because no we 've got the M forty the A forty four — well the A thirty four as it was — has been relieved of a lot of traffic and from a point of view from the Gipsy Working Party Committee they may well feel that they are even more entitled to go ahead with this site . |
| 11 | So we 're talking about the seventeen hundred , eighteen hundred , and it was very often known as a national song , and we had a national song , probably before any other country . |
| 12 | Can I just confirm with Mr Curtis that when he was talking about the thirty three hectares , he was talking about thirty three hectares in terms of in terms of a change of use |
| 13 | ‘ Afterwards some of the children were talking about the Three Wise Queens . ’ |
| 14 | Morton 's brief involves talking about the seven deadly sins , but he is talented enough not to need such an obvious vehicle . |
| 15 | ‘ But I read what you wrote about the 30 million people dying in Africa . |
| 16 | Er , you know , Ken , Kenneth Clarke is absolutely right to er protest about the hundred billion for a job creation scheme in Europe . |