Example sentences of "[to-vb] him about the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a Captain Dennis Babbage whose hobby was Bradshaw , the famous railway time-table ; and anyone who had a journey to make was welcome to consult him about the easiest ( or most interestingly complicated ) route to take . |
| 2 | His wife was again allowed to visit him about the same time on the following ( or third ) day of custody . |
| 3 | I saw Mr Callaghan come down the steps of his plane , stop at the foot and greet the throng of journalists waiting on the tarmac to question him about the current discontents . |
| 4 | She constantly needed to caution him about the many dangers he was either too young or too stupid to recognize for himself . |
| 5 | Ossie wanted to ask him about the two gentlemen of Verona . |
| 6 | But , before Robert had the chance to ask him about the Golden Calf of the Druze , or what a Nizari Ismaili might be , or how many of either group might be lurking around Wimbledon , the bell sounded for the end of break , and , below them , in the Great Hall , he heard the sounds of the whole school assembling for nature , recreation and Islamic dancing . |
| 7 | If he had n't rattled her so much the other day , leaving her high and dry to sneak off and join his girlfriend , she might have remembered to tell him about the dratted ledgers . |
| 8 | She wanted to say that not only was that ridiculous but it was dangerous , she wanted to tell him about the frightening minutes in the maze of old Nice . |
| 9 | The anti-terrorist branch were looking hard at MacQuillan 's political life , but Wickham knew someone who would certainly be able to tell him about the dead man 's business life . |