Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] about your [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ We thought you would be interested to hear about your friend . ’ |
2 | It 's a challenging thought for us , but would you be prepared to say about your life that : |
3 | ‘ I 'm sorry to hear about your sister . |
4 | ‘ Sorry to hear about your mum . |
5 | ‘ I was depressed , and when they arrived at my house and said , ‘ We 're very sorry to hear about your husband ’ , I believed they were genuine and let them in . |
6 | ‘ I was very sorry to hear about your husband , Mrs Ward , ’ Langton said , closing the door of his office and ushering them towards two chairs . |
7 | ‘ I 'm sorry to hear about your goat . |
8 | ‘ So sorry to hear about your accident . |
9 | ‘ Look , Jenny , ’ said Sheila , ‘ we were all dead sorry to hear about your mother . |
10 | Presumably the man expected him to add , in the section of the proposal form where you were supposed to talk about your passion for hang-gliding or free-fall parachute jumping , a brief paragraph along the lines of I HAVE ALSO BEEN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY AN ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALIST . |
11 | ‘ Mr Mentiply and I were terribly shocked to hear about your brother , my dear . |
12 | I thought you were anxious to hear about your friend . ’ |
13 | Pop is n't programmatic , it wo n't negotiate , it wants the world and it wants it now , and it 's much more satisfying to hear about your enemy being slaughtered . |