Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] about the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Craig slowly recovers one thing that really upsets his parents is that no-one from the council has bothered to see them about the accident or to ask how craig is : |
| 2 | Oh , and Frank wanted to see me about the car . |
| 3 | They hacked me in the ribs and then proceeded to batter me about the head . |
| 4 | The BD8 Form is sent to the Social Services Department and a social worker will then visit the family to inform them about the services and allowances that may be available to them . |
| 5 | Does not my hon. Friend consider it surprising that the right hon. Member for Chingford ( Mr. Tebbit ) , who always wants to lecture us about the rule of law although we certainly need no lectures about it from him , comes to the House with , I think , two cases where crookedness was involved ? |
| 6 | Glancing at him , she was tempted to tease him about the sugar he had borrowed earlier , but if she did that it would amount to a tacit admission that he was right about her behaviour . |
| 7 | The entry of Joanna , who came in to consult her about the drugs needed to replenish their stock , put an end to her melancholy reflections , and after they had decided Joanna said , ‘ When Ian comes round this evening I thought I 'd give him coffee or a drink in our sitting-room . |
| 8 | Irritated , she looked away and was about to tackle him about the apartment when her eyes fell on a party of very young children in fairy-tale costumes being shepherded past Quadri 's caffè by doting parents and grandparents . |
| 9 | ‘ Just called to see you about the musicians for the party , ’ he said . |
| 10 | He tried before leaving , as he was looking at his watch , to press me about the glass , but we know each other too well . |
| 11 | There was no intention to misinform you about the situation . ’ |
| 12 | You 'll need to reassure her about the reliability of your products and the good service your shop offers . |
| 13 | Upon return to their base the Captain disappears to the Ops Room to brief them about the incident , whilst his team once again prepare the equipment . |
| 14 | A SOCIAL services chief issued an appeal yesterday for the bit-part actress Yasmin Gibson to contact them about the future of her Home Alone daughter , being cared for in a children 's home . |
| 15 | Not even Tim Wilson would try to question me about the Mahoney shooting . |
| 16 | I shall read carefully the evidence that my hon. Friend will probably wish to send me about the document to which he referred . |
| 17 | At the recent meeting of Nether Wyresdale Parish Council I was asked to contact you about the parking restrictions on Snowhill , Scorton outside St Mary and St James RC church . |
| 18 | Dalgliesh went on to question him about the blotter and the spent match . |
| 19 | None of the agencies involved in the official investigation of the Flight 103 bombing , either British or American , had even attempted to question him about the activities he had observed on Cyprus , despite all the rumours of the DEA 's involvement . |
| 20 | A man is under guard in hospital tonight while police wait to question him about the killing of one of his wife 's friends . |
| 21 | After all , ITN 's bulletins have made no attempts to deceive us about the influence of Iraqi minders over Sadler 's reports . |
| 22 | He tried to educate them about the nature of demythologizing , a word of which the press had got hold , and to guide them about the best modern writing on the New Testament . |
| 23 | But they were then held in remand in prison , and did n't really know how to defend themselves , so this project will be sending lawyers into the Long Houses of the indigenous peoples , trying to educate them about the process of Malaysian law , and work it into their system of customary law , which is known as ADAT , whereby within the Long House , all the community leaders and the members within the community debate disputes over land rights , the forest , the use of it , and try and get them to use their customary law with a knowledge of the Malaysian legal process in order to form associations and fight being thrown into prison because they 're trying to defend the forest . |
| 24 | The hon. Member for Gravesham ( Mr. Arnold ) said the same yesterday , but Ministers were unable to enlighten him about the method that might be used . |
| 25 | I want to have you about the house because I brought you a little souvenir from New York , only it may take a while to get it out of my suitcase . |
| 26 | The big regatta dances in the huge grey tent down by the quay in Carrick were just beginning but there were so few days left of the holiday that Maggie preferred to spend them about the house chatting with Rose or her sisters around the fire or talking with Michael out in the front garden among his flowerbeds ; and sometimes during long breaks in the rain they would go out to where Moran was tidying up in the meadows . |
| 27 | . Have you got any questions you 'd like to ask me about the history . |
| 28 | Erm I meant to ask you about the inside of the the coffin was that plain white material or was it did it have this u pattern on it as well . |
| 29 | ‘ I 've been meaning to ask you about the Ketterings . ’ |
| 30 | I wanted to ask you about the furniture . |