Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] [pers pn] about the " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I mean it about the enemies . |
2 | Then , when I see there is the doubt , that when I tell him about the baby . |
3 | I tell him about the whisky story and the chill-filtering and the colouring but he already seems to know it all . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | I tell him about the old garage under the arches . |
6 | I tell him about the cramps , feeling like a child who has fallen and cut herself , demanding sympathy . |
7 | So I tell him about the search for her , and he sits and listens . |
8 | Aye , the , the , as I tell you about the . |
9 | All I can say is the longer you mess me about the worse it will get . |
10 | If you question her about the past , you will only disturb her . |
11 | ‘ But you tell them about the crucifixion of Jesus Christ . ’ |
12 | So you tell them about the thirty five percent you tell them about the banker 's order that will need signing . |
13 | So you tell them about the thirty five percent you tell them about the banker 's order that will need signing . |
14 | I 'll give you the dirt , ’ he said , denying the child his treat , ‘ when you tell me about the will . ’ |
15 | And they go around er and you warn them about the erm the steep steps into the rooms because the oak is quite deep . |
16 | Label every area and then use what they give you about the total number . |
17 | And it just goes on keeps going on another night another nightmare and then back to the interview room again and the tape machine again and more questions about Stromefirry-nofirry and Jersey and flights and that 's when they tell me about the other one that 's when they say oh by the way your best friend Andy is dead blown up in the hotel when it burned down ; probably beaten to death first head stoved in but of course you probably know all that because you did that too , did n't you ? |
18 | Now meditate on these words of Paul , thinking about what they tell you about the grace and love of God in your own situation or that of someone close to you . |
19 | Not only are the results of such ‘ on site ’ studies of immense value for what we assume they tell us about the role of our body clock in affecting mental performance , but they also serve two further roles . |
20 | Each of these versions has its own authenticity ; and editorial decisions are interesting in their own right ( and merit investigation ) for what they tell us about the times when they were made ( for example , the Tutuola revisions tell us about British attitudes during the 1960s to the English of non-native speakers ) . |
21 | They ask me about the research , its aims , methods , etc . |