Example sentences of "[noun sg] about [art] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No chance to talk to Mum about the bike I dream of day and night ! |
| 2 | The use of regulations to cut legal aid eligibility contravenes the explanation the Lord Chancellor gave to Parliament about the way he would use these powers . |
| 3 | We 're talking of course about the air we breathe . |
| 4 | It was funny in my day , when I first started there you used to get , mix up some size and er in a pot , in a proper pot and take it down into the mess room and put it on the stove , coal stove , heat it up and you let it boil over there was a terrific smell about the place you can imagine , the size but that 's what we used to do in those days . |
| 5 | The company also insisted that he learnt a bit about the business he would soon be running , sending him to work in the busy Birmingham store for a month . |
| 6 | If we delay making a decision about an interpretation we can allow later , high-scoring information to pull up the score of the earlier element . |
| 7 | When he came to the part about the clip he glanced up , and she saw the flare of excitement in his silvery-green eyes before they dropped once again to the page . |
| 8 | Jamie was in the middle of a story about a disagreement he 'd had with a master at his school over the A-level English syllabus when the phone rang . |
| 9 | I 'll tell you a story about a place I went |
| 10 | His mouth opened and closed while portraits of notables revolved on some sort of belt contraption behind him and my mind strayed to Phil Collins 's story about the time he went up and asked Steve Davis for an autograph : ‘ He did n't even glance at me , just sent me off to get a pen , and then signed his name , still without looking at me . |
| 11 | Eileen , the class teacher , is working with a group of boys who are inventing an adventure story about the castle they have just constructed together . |
| 12 | His distinguished presence was enhanced by a certain absent-mindedness about the way he wore his clothes . |
| 13 | ‘ Most days , poor man , an ’ talk about the time he was a boy . |
| 14 | When an army investigator went to interview Ronald Haeberle , the army photographer who had been with Charlie Company , Haeberle produced some horrific colour slides of the killings and said that he had included some of them in an illustrated talk about the war he had given to various clubs , teachers ' associations and youth groups . |
| 15 | If there is uncertainty about the dose it may be wise to prescribe methadone 20 mg and then review this in the light of the response . |
| 16 | Then in the long run I did in fact to Superintendent about the information we had gleaned from this telephone call . |
| 17 | A , but what I 'm sa , wha the point you were making Adrian , is tha , is is that 's what you 've got ta keep in mind about every time you walk into a business or phone up a business , that it does matter that it 's in , your , that 's not what we want cos I 'm telling you , you know , do n't you know , the security guys photographing , you know , lampposts and stuff like that . |
| 18 | Conran has never allowed his job to become mere routine and there is no doubt in his mind about the satisfaction he has derived from building up a business empire . |
| 19 | How could she tell her when she still had so many doubts in her own mind about the path she was going to follow in the future ? |
| 20 | Because our conscious memories are selective , because we remember stories that meant something to us , that spoke to us , your answer will reveal to you a great deal about the way you used stories when you were a child . |
| 21 | The sense of balance is constantly giving our brains guidance about the way we are facing . |
| 22 | The judge said he had asked for the case to be re-listed because he had anxiety about the sentence he imposed . |
| 23 | No longer is it any use making a note in your diary at home about the meal you 'll be enjoying at a friend 's on Wednesday night . |
| 24 | It shows Inspector Peter Clarke under hypnosis -talking about the car he saw parked on the motorway on the day of the murder . |
| 25 | some do but She said the idea I mean she said about I was asked a question about an American we 've got that is with us but he does n't preach very often , and I said well where is he ? |
| 26 | he made a joke about a blonde you see just before that , anyway and I said I just wanted to , do you know who is on so he said oh he thinks is on and that must be the from |
| 27 | Should we not include people who regularly travel through the area by car , who must have an opinion about the difference it has made to their journey ? |
| 28 | I would like to say something at some point about the point I made earlier about going , increasingly as you go down this list , you depart in directions which are , er , contrary to your policies , but |
| 29 | This apart , their characteristic posture was not one of confidence about the world they lived in . |
| 30 | In January , for the Guardian , I wrote an article about the pilgrimage I had made , in the hard-act-to-follow footsteps of Eco and Baudrillard , to the sprawling , ever-expanding complex of theme parks in Orlando , Florida . |