Example sentences of "be [verb] [pers pn] about [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My hon. Friend has been to see me about this matter with a group of colleagues . |
| 2 | My daughter , my grandkids hurt , and you 've been quizzing me about some job years ago that did n't even involve me ! , |
| 3 | The reason I 'm asking you about that is erm I had er I had when I had my own business I was approached and we 've got an estate agent in the Hamilton called |
| 4 | I believe Mr Wood 'll be asking you about that . |
| 5 | Well , next week , will be telling us about another one of these very controversial books , wo n't you ? |
| 6 | ‘ You were tellin' me about this ‘ she ’ , ’ urged Andra with relish . |
| 7 | ‘ Yes , I was down there because they were questioning me about some old clothes . |
| 8 | I were telling you about that sugar place , we 're doing it again . |
| 9 | I 've been telling her about that and all . |
| 10 | The officers had been telling her about this particular woman who was very lonely . |
| 11 | I am telling you about this … to remind you that one can try to give an impression of anguish without aiming straight at the historic Garden of Gethsemane |
| 12 | Microsoft Corp 's UK flackery is putting it about that Inside Windows NT by Helen Custer has sold more copies than Madonna 's weighty ‘ Sex ’ tome . |
| 13 | Microsoft Corp 's UK flackery is putting it about that Inside Windows NT by Helen Custer has sold more copies than Madonna 's weighty Sex tome . |
| 14 | This is to tell you about those raw eggs on Kaarna and in the box from Pike . |
| 15 | He was asking me about some man called Payne who seems to have died years ago . |
| 16 | Oh , Ken was asking us about that . |
| 17 | The Indian was telling him about this little fish that lives in the river and — you can guess the rest ! ! ! |
| 18 | Anyway our Darren came in , and I 'm gon na forget Darren came to the caravan and I was telling him about these wet sheets and beds and the mirrors done and what I was doing there and Oh he said and about the mattress he said and I said to him mattress , it 's still the same mattress . |
| 19 | and I was telling them about that Indian or Asian doctor at the City Hospital in the Maternity unit . |
| 20 | ‘ You know , ’ she said resentfully , ‘ when Billy was inside he was sharing a landing with some very funny men , and one day he was telling them about that pub he bought with the cellars full of Château d'Yquem not showing off or nothing , just by way of general conversation , and they said , ‘ Nice , is it , with that stuff you lot eat ? |
| 21 | ‘ And , say , Curtis was telling me about these things , these weird things . |
| 22 | My boss was telling me about some old boy right he had a beard for all his life yeah ? |
| 23 | So everybody was telling me about this so I went away over and had a look at it . |
| 24 | She teaches English , and she was telling me about this don who 's disappeared . |
| 25 | Oh yeah I I was telling you about that song was n't I . |
| 26 | I erm oh I was telling you about those till shorts ! |
| 27 | Derek was telling us about some roustabout 's wife who will flit back in with her mother every fortnight . |