Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] [pers pn] about [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | B : Well , the milkman has come All that we can reasonably expect a semantic theory to tell us about this minimal exchange is that there is at least one reading that we might paraphrase as follows : ( 2 ) A : Do you have the ability to tell me the time ? |
| 2 | To expect a man to understand it about another man 's son is expecting a very great deal . ’ |
| 3 | They 've had a very busy summer in the Admissions Office , but now the new academic year is underway , I 've invited them into the studio to ask them about this year 's admissions . |
| 4 | I need to write another book to tell you about some of the astonishing ways in which skills can be redirected . |
| 5 | But er she 's coming a and gives him twenty five pounds for what he 's done oh he came in , he came into the kitchen , it 's ever so funny , he came into the kitchen to tell me about this you see Anyway he came back in there and I said to him I 'm not really enthusiastic about the thought er thinking that I was involved with this as well so the dear woman turned round and said to me it 's only your husband so I said well I 'd better go back in the kitchen where I know my place . |