Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [pron] about the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bridhe and Seamus Ban consulted him about the amount of drink that would be needed , and were told to double it . |
| 2 | ‘ I was very undecided when my agent told me about the offer … ’ |
| 3 | ‘ My agent told you about the remuneration ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Everything about the college reminded me about the attack , ’ she explained . |
| 5 | Is it not outrageous that so much British taxpayers ' money should have been spent trying to suppress a book which in part told us about the treacherous activities of the security services in trying to undermine the democratically elected Government of Harold Wilson ? |
| 6 | Mum told me about the various forms of contraception but apart from that we did n't really talk about it . |
| 7 | Why on earth eighteen months ago did the district auditor issue a letter saying that unless the council did something about the situation of numbers and of finance within its elderly persons homes then it would come in and it would require the council to take action . |
| 8 | The ceiling reminded him about the church , the roof had been mended but really it was little more than a pig sty . |
| 9 | Mrs. O'Brien said that she believed what her husband told her about the company doing well and having good potential , but she was concerned for her son and felt that it was only for three weeks , and if it would do the trick , she would sign . |
| 10 | No no , do n't put the nuts in your mouth , remember what daddy told you about the nuts in there . |
| 11 | The old man listened as the general told him about the incident at Pulkovo Airport . |
| 12 | The genius of the Council of Chalcedon , in saying that Jesus is one person in both divine and human natures , was that it denied that the incarnation implied anything about the nature of God ( the meaning of ‘ God ’ ) , asserting simply that God , the mystery of Creation , is become a human being — not a divine kind of human being but a human kind of human being . |
| 13 | Mr Noyes will claim the MoD said nothing about the alleged landing because it wanted to save any embarrassment . |
| 14 | My hon. Friend asked me about the medical ethics of the issue . |
| 15 | The hon. Gentleman asked me about the degree of support from medical staff . |
| 16 | On the way out , a policeman told him about the tragedy that was unfolding at the far end of the ground . |
| 17 | The night watchman told me about the incident in the morning . |
| 18 | A welcoming committee of four servants , led by Nan Ho , was waiting to one side , while the hangar crew busied themselves about the craft . |
| 19 | On the hare 's return , the Moon questioned him about the message he had delivered . |
| 20 | ‘ My captain phoned you about the two people from OM-45 . |
| 21 | My acupuncturist told me about the broad-leafed veg , and I did n't think to ask him what he was on about . |
| 22 | George Cripps 's son wrote to the Yorkshire Post in October 1979 : ‘ The remarks of Mr J. McKenna make me smile when I remember some of the things which my father told me about the machinations by various members of the then Football League , which have certainly led me to believe that they were not so simon pure as the image they presented to the public . ’ |
| 23 | My father told me about the Hound of the Baskervilles . |
| 24 | A long right arm as hard as steel took him about the body , prisoning his left arm above the elbow , and the grazed breast leaned violently over him and broke his balance . |
| 25 | If the official view in the Church cared nothing about the bishop in his function as apostolic teacher , anyone who was trained to teach had a duty to join the bishop 's bench if he were asked . |
| 26 | Far from engineering the union , as has been widely suspected , her grandmother advised her about the difficulties of marrying into the royal family . |
| 27 | Bite One : ‘ The Secretary of State told us about the silver lining — he told us nothing about the dark clouds on the horizon . ’ |
| 28 | The speaker told us about the role of the health visitor and how it was a separate profession to nursing . |
| 29 | Finn told him about the murders of the tramp and the taxi driver . |
| 30 | A group of pupils studying science asked me about the new member of staff . |