Example sentences of "[vb past] [indef pn] about a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't remember what I recited , but I do remember being acutely embarrassed on another occasion when people were telling anecdotes , and I recounted one about a soldier being saved from a court martial because he had heard a clock strike thirteen at midnight , and this fact had saved him from being found guilty of sleeping on duty . |
| 2 | I was in the kitchen and I just heard something about a bomb near the Prime Minister 's |
| 3 | I dreamed something about a castle made of stone which is not stone … ’ |
| 4 | Then he remembered a woman he 'd met once on a train , she was singing hymns to the window , he 'd been embarrassed at first , half her fringe was missing as if someone had taken a bite out of it , only he knew she 'd done it because she caught him staring and laughed and said , ‘ I always cut it when I 'm loaded , ’ and he remembered something about a house , and because there was nothing left to cling to , because it was the only piece of wreckage left afloat , he remembered how to get there too , it was either remember or die . |
| 5 | ‘ Stuart Baxter said nothing about a woman , ’ said Vic . |
| 6 | ‘ You , Constable , said something about a conjuror 's patter . ’ |
| 7 | Behind me , the man said something about a telephone . |
| 8 | He said something about a will ! |
| 9 | Thought you said something about a chicken . |
| 10 | The doctor said something about a tube in her to stop the , to stop what was it now , the doctor said there 's a tube , they put a tube in her and they do n't |
| 11 | Alison said something about a visit . ’ |
| 12 | You said something about a security aspect … ’ |
| 13 | I 'm gon na get changed , sure he never said anything about a shower to get |
| 14 | Who said anything about a court ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Who said anything about a home ? |
| 16 | ‘ Who said anything about a parrot ? ’ |