Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pron] about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But what most impresses you about this phenomenal piece of theatre is less its class affiliations than its national attributes : a drama of mutinous impulses crushed by an authoritarian social system is given consummate rendering by a cast who very triumphantly unite energy and discipline . |
| 2 | " Yes , we 'd better do something about that . " |
| 3 | ‘ So tell me about this Rose Bowl of yours , ’ he said , leaning back and signalling the waiter for another bottle of wine . |
| 4 | ‘ So tell me about this case of yours . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ We 'll write him stating , ‘ Since you obviously know nothing about English literature , we expect you never to quote from it again' . ’ |
| 6 | They only tell you about that bit . |
| 7 | I think I 'd have to actually , should have perhaps warned you about this , but er , er , in point of fact , not too many people got this , I think there was one of two that got this wrong . |
| 8 | The restaurant manager called all his waiters together to warn them about shady customers . |
| 9 | We a we already asked him about that actually . |
| 10 | The man who persistently questions you about after-sales service . |
| 11 | these be a bit user friendly , cor blimey , just cut it about all things down and put a chocolate strip in , plenty of room in the handle |
| 12 | This girl just told me about this Polo factory outlet up near Canada … you can get a $200 knitted sweater for , like $20 — that 's outrageous ! ’ |
| 13 | He stabled the horses near those allotments where I 've just told you about ny father had allotments . |
| 14 | Well , I mean the point to make about this budget is I 've just told you about two million pounds worth of minuses , let me tell you about two million pounds of pluses that are going in . |
| 15 | Have I already told you about that one ? |
| 16 | ‘ I expect they 've already told you about those . ’ |
| 17 | ( Actually , it is Oxford University Press , but we can be sure of this only because we already know something about this publisher . ) |
| 18 | Just tell them about this product , what it can do , and I assure you of the results . |
| 19 | ‘ The police have already asked us about this . |
| 20 | Now of what we 've been doing today with fractions was there any of it that you 're not quite sure of and you think , But could you just tell me about that bit again . |
| 21 | I 'll just tell you about this Can I just tell you about this just for a minute ? |
| 22 | I 'll just tell you about this Can I just tell you about this just for a minute ? |
| 23 | Now she 'd got to have a double punishment , still she would soon put it about that Elissia and Daryl had planted the spider in Mary- Lou 's desk . |
| 24 | But first a little bit of background , cos I 'm sure you 've all read through the the notice and details about me , but I 'll just remind you about some highlights . |
| 25 | ‘ I was just telling you about this girl and what her mother said on the night before she got married to the sailor . ’ |
| 26 | The lecturer appointed to teach the students , who was later to become the college 's special needs coordinator , once told me about those early beginnings as ‘ part of the Engineering Department , based in a hut on the field ’ . |
| 27 | But the thing that always concerns me about these kind of decisions under those kind of circumstances is that it might be a temporary depression : in other words a suicide wish , and this is a terrifically difficult issue that is bantered about a lot under these kind of circumstances , and normally , if someone says ‘ Kill me , ’ you figure they 're crazy . |
| 28 | While the Secretary of State has tried to assure the House about the problems and implications of recognition of Croatia , will he try once more to reassure us about that recognition ? |
| 29 | did you ever hear anything about this business of them distilling whisky ? |
| 30 | Later , over a dram , Cam would regale me with tales of female conquests. ‘ did I ever tell you about wee Sheila ? ’ he 'd say , licking his lips . |