Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [verb] [pron] about the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Honest enquirers , like the lawyer who asked him about the greatest commandment , were impressed and attracted by his Bible-based teaching ( though , as with the rich young ruler , they did not all respond to it positively ) . |
| 2 | A playwright once responded to someone who asked him about the message of his play that when he wanted to send messages he did so by telegram . |
| 3 | The one who interviewed me about the accident . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I 've been asking around about Werner , who interviewed you about the accident . |
| 5 | One day , however , walking by the seashore he met an elderly Christian who told him about the Hebrew prophets , undermined his naïve confidence in the moral guidance of philosophers , and converted him to Christianity . |
| 6 | It was Pam , much more worldly-wise than he , who told him about the affair . |
| 7 | So when I came back to England , I consulted two elderly ladies , one a doctor , the other a spiritual medium , who work together , and who told me about the past lives I had had . |
| 8 | It was he who told me about the injuries the King received . |
| 9 | Having disposed of the simple administrative matter in a commonsense way , I then spoke to Chris protheroe who told me about the fatigue failure of the right stabiliser spar . |
| 10 | The one who told me about the five quid . |
| 11 | Who told you about the blood-groups ? ’ |
| 12 | In this instance , John and his buddies will be happy that their ‘ expert knowledge ’ and status has been publicly recognised , and the bulk of the audience who know nothing about the marketing concept are flattered that someone thinks they know something about it . |
| 13 | It is only the inexperienced dealers , who know nothing about the stock market and who are desperate for money that can be manipulated this way . |
| 14 | Now this is a good idea , and in fact there 's a fair amount of circumstantial evidence that geologists and astronomers who know something about the earth 's atmosphere have looked into to suggest that this is quite a feasible mechanism for the formation of prebiotic molecules . |
| 15 | Those who know anything about the way in which universities and polytechnics work know that they are businesses and not merely halls of residence . |
| 16 | Ca n't think why we 've stuck so long with people who knew something about the job . ’ |
| 17 | A 26-year-old woman accountant who knew nothing about the mechanical side of vehicles asked her more knowledgeable friend to find a car for her . |
| 18 | They listened to people who knew nothing about the game , to people who exploited them , people who taught them the wrong things . |
| 19 | The only message survivors were permitted to send , a postcard with the words ‘ I am safe ’ , puzzled the recipients , who knew nothing about the deportations . |
| 20 | ‘ Who was it who said something about the lady arguing too much ? ’ |
| 21 | At Dorchester on 20 October 1714 , the day of George 's coronation , it was the decision of the Dissenters to burn an effigy of the Pretender that provoked the wrath of the Jacobites , who armed with clubs proceeded to set about " those who carried him about the Town … |
| 22 | Subdivide each point into simple statements and then ask yourself whether the point will immediately be grasped by someone who knows nothing about the subject . |
| 23 | This need not be your tutor ; even someone who knows nothing about the subject can say whether you are making sense . |
| 24 | Imagine a scientist in the distant future who knows everything about the mechanism and neurology of vision , but who is blind from birth . |
| 25 | The other thing is that if you do ask these questions when the guy gets on the telephone to you , he 's going to say , ‘ Here is somebody who knows something about the media , who knows how we operate . ’ |
| 26 | Detectives are appealing for anyone who knows anything about the matter or who may have seen the lorry to contact CID at Bessbrook , tel 838222 , immediately . |
| 27 | Anyone who knows anything about the building workers and continued process working will understand that there are numerous reasons why it is impossible to have a 40 hour working week . |
| 28 | Sgt Steve Raw said : ‘ We would like to hear from this man but also from anyone who knows anything about the incident and ask them to contact us on . ’ |
| 29 | Yeah , yeah , they have n't got anybody who knows anything about the business , well not enough about it . |