Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] [pron] 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 | I tell the DI why ; I tell him about two more betrayals ; about the commanding officer who had let men die to cover up his own inadequacy ( or at least Andy believed he had , which was all that mattered ) , and I tell him about the locum doctor who could n't be bothered to attend a patient and then , when he eventually did pay a visit , just assumed her pain was something trivial . |
| 14 | For you sit here , thousands of miles away from Palestine , a land which most of you will never see , and yet which you will certainly pay for-with your money , yes , and some of you with your blood and sweat — you sit here and you listen to me as I tell you about this impossible , this ridiculous dream , and it does n't occur to you that we are all mad , you and I and all our people ? ’ |
| 15 | And if I tell anyone about this man , he 'll die . ’ |
| 16 | Ah yes , I ask you about those , erm cos we did say at one time that we thought some of you were going to the half yearly Council meeting and pick them up there . |
| 17 | but they what , I wonder what about that ? |
| 18 | ‘ If you think someone can work at his best at half past two in the morning after being at it since eight the day before you know nothing about human beings . |
| 19 | I 'll bet , ’ he added , ‘ that for all your years of book-learning you know nothing about strapping on a pair of waders and getting out into the stream , feeling the water swirl around you — or how to bait a hook — ’ He pulled a small plastic box towards him . |
| 20 | ‘ You know something about these things ? ’ |
| 21 | You know something about these matters . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ You know something about this ? ’ |
| 23 | Hopefully you know something about this organization , or at least have heard the name . |
| 24 | Well now I do n't know whether you know anything about that but it 's a make words . |
| 25 | If you know anything about this part of the country , you will know that Sussex farmers are very conventional . |
| 26 | You tell me about this plant , and I 'll kill you quick — bullet in the head , no more pain . ’ |
| 27 | the fact that she 's , she 's intelligent as well erm she , you know , she 's gon na s she knew that I did n't know what I was talking about so she said right you look , yo you look er you , you ask them about this , this , this and this and they might say this to you , so I knew what , if they asked me , I knew what I was talking about rather than |
| 28 | If you do nothing about those feelings , the recipient will probably be totally unaware of them ; if you translate them into action , you may well be setting in motion a train of events which will cause harm and destruction , bringing as much grief to yourself as to the object of your ill-will . |
| 29 | O K , so now we know something about one another . |
| 30 | paper is A four , you fold it into erm in there they got er c three or four paper as well , they tell you about all these er tutorials . |