Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] [pers pn] about [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the last point that Les makes , I want to ensure him about this ; that when Horton run that boat business , that was a water-based business , it ran on the basis there were floats in the river and you stepped on to the float and you got onto a boat . |
| 2 | If the person indicates that he has nothing more to say the officer shall without delay cease to question him about that offence . … |
| 3 | You want to ask her about that . |
| 4 | I want to ask her about this issue . |
| 5 | Now I wan I want to ask you about that . |
| 6 | I 'm glad you called , " Lorne went on weirdly , " because I want to tell you about another new idea I 've gotten . |
| 7 | So if you find a good Irish joke and want to tell it about another local or ethnic group you could do so . |
| 8 | ‘ Stop asking me about that ! ’ |
| 9 | They keep telling us about this poll tax , they 've got to cut the staff and then they decide that they 're going to give this man this money . |
| 10 | I 've told him about that . |
| 11 | You 've told him about this |
| 12 | ‘ It 's like so many things you 've told me about these murders , robberies and the rape . |
| 13 | Oh I think I 've told you about all that I can about the glen . |
| 14 | I 've told you about all I can tell you . |
| 15 | Charlotte do n't put pens in your mouth , I 've told you about that before |
| 16 | I 've told you about this , have n't I ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I suppose , ’ he said wearily , ‘ you wish to question me about that ? ’ |
| 18 | He were parked up there well every coalman I 've pulled him about this coke stuff and I 'd seen him other day and I pulled him , explained that I were going over on April first |
| 19 | I 've asked him about that and what he said is that er , he was saving up and he was going tax the vehicle as soon he was able to do so but he did n't have the funds and er , to do so at , at that time . |
| 20 | I 've asked him about that and what he said is that er he was saving up and he was going to tax the vehicle as soon as he was able to do so , but he did n't have the funds er to do so at , at that time . |
| 21 | I thought you might be a Windmill girl … come to blackmail me about some drunken indiscretion of mine . |
| 22 | ‘ Why have you come to tell me about this , Christine ? ’ |
| 23 | Well I , I ca n't , I do n't bowl them out I have to bowl them about that far away from the wickets . |
| 24 | He said : ‘ They have told me about these steps they have taken to check this out and I 'm really delighted with their attitude . |
| 25 | Now you just have to tell me about that that peedie er shop again Vera . |