Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] about a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , ’ she said , seeing me mixing rose madder and burnt sienna in my paint-box , ‘ what 's all this I hear about a new mother ? ’ |
| 2 | I talk about a textual body , and then I talk about a body that I inhabit and so many make bastions and institutions do n't want that . |
| 3 | Then we 're sending a letter which erm , well let me just say , we are then also sending , now here with the D I Y , the numbers er coincide Here the numbers coincide with the illustrations , so if I talk about a certain you have to look at paper one , paper two paper three or A B C. And you see what they look like . |
| 4 | And I th , I think about a great deal because it 's a very strange , it 's a very strange thing to talk about but when I came to Suffolk , I might have told you this before er , I had hardly been away from home at all , I was only seventeen when I first met him |
| 5 | It is very important to keep our name and work in the public eye and if you know about a suitable event , but feel you can not cope with it yourself , please contact me for help . |
| 6 | Well , that does n't sound very sophisticated to say , these are the questions when you just write everything you know about a particular issue . |
| 7 | Fuck me I think you get about a grand interest a week from a million , so living off 500quid a week ai nt too bad ( and you should be working so that s extra ) . |
| 8 | Think about that the next time you hear about a Palestinian child murdered by the Israeli army ( who are Irgun in new uniforms ) , for throwing stones . |
| 9 | You talk about a large list erm how many possible lectures are there on the list ? |
| 10 | If you fantasise about a warm , loving relationship , are you making an effort to meet new people , learning from past mistakes , and being a warm , loving person towards yourself and others — or sitting indoors waiting for Mr or Ms Right to knock on your door bearing a glass slipper ? |
| 11 | Well , I suppose , if somebody 's going around with an opinion pole , and they ask you about a certain , what you think about a certain thing , that , that , presume what their asking about , may affect everybody in different way |
| 12 | If you change you mind about a particular colour that you have used in your pattern , you can replace it with another from your woolbox collection . |
| 13 | In Ackroyd 's life of Eliot we read about a major poet who was a good ventriloquist ; a man of multiple personality who swore by a principle of impersonality in art which he was later to unswear by locating The Waste Land in the stresses of a domestic life , and whose art bears the indelible signature of that distinctive protean character of his ; a man who was often miserable and tormented . |
| 14 | So often we hear about a Homoeopathic remedy for colds or flu or arthritis etc . |