Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [indef pn] about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At least I know something about such problems ; they were my original reason for opposing the scheme , and I have not changed my mind in the slightest . |
| 2 | I know something about this deal . |
| 3 | ‘ I know nothing about that , ’ Peace countered sharply . |
| 4 | I know nothing about that kind of thing … ’ |
| 5 | Right , would you do your religious studies er work in this lesson because I know nothing about that and er neither does Mrs Chester , so I will check that with Mr later . |
| 6 | And I said , well I know nothing about that kind of music but that 's the impression I got , I was just stood there at the bar thinking that last , last Friday it 's not the same one , thinking , you know , this is just this is just very samey it |
| 7 | ‘ I know nothing about any Sheffield Wednesday interest , ’ said Quinn . |
| 8 | I know nothing about these . |
| 9 | I know how to build those damned weapons but I know nothing about those fancy triggering devices . ’ |
| 10 | I know nothing about this case other than the reports which I , like everybody else , have read in the press . |
| 11 | I know nothing about this Swiss business , but it 's falling into a pattern . |
| 12 | When am I supposed to have broken into the house , and why on earth should you think I know anything about any of the guns ? ’ |
| 13 | And if I tell anyone about this man , he 'll die . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I heard something about this chap disappearing when I was here at the weekend . |
| 15 | I heard something about this he said , er I was on holidays all last week he said but erm it 's bloody lies cos I saw him last week . |
| 16 | And Clarke said : ‘ I heard nothing about this supposed realignment until well after Black Wednesday . ’ |
| 17 | Can I tell anybody about this ? |
| 18 | When I first went into it , I knew nothing about Basque churches , so this one was a great and splendid surprise . |
| 19 | Sid gave a growl and informed that as I knew nothing about modern techniques he had brought ‘ the lot . ’ |
| 20 | I knew nothing about that deal until I played some recent demos of the things that eventually became ‘ Workbook ’ . |
| 21 | I knew nothing about this convicting work of the Spirit in her , until a week later when she rang me from Halifax and asked , ‘ Does God really harden people 's hearts ? ’ |
| 22 | I knew nothing about any will , I knew nothing about my sister 's having consulted you . |
| 23 | I had chosen these subjects specifically because I knew nothing about any of the four disciplines and because , having studied foreign languages at A Level , it seemed natural to develop my linguistic skills . |
| 24 | I knew nothing about Balder ; but instantly I was uplifted into huge regions of northern sky . |
| 25 | Well , I tried to turn it into a joke — not a very good one , I admit — but I said something about that party game called consequences , you know where everyone writes down innocent things that get strung together because nobody knows what the others have written and it gets all mixed up so you get a silly story with a stupid ending . |
| 26 | He drank my drink because I said something about all the money he was always flashing around and then he made a dirty crack about … |
| 27 | so I said something about last week , you see , and I could of , it was my birthday last week and , but er , and I carried on , he said oh go , oh I 'm sorry mum , I 'm sorry about that and I said do n't matter , does n't matter , well I thought , right I 'll let him know |
| 28 | Andrew I said something about stiff right , and he goes what ? |
| 29 | And ever since then I 've thought , ‘ Well , you do n't know the situation , circumstances or anything , so who am I to say anything about that person ? |
| 30 | Have you heard owt about that |