Example sentences of "be [verb] [pers pn] about the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He might have been asking her about the traffic on the way in from the airport . |
| 2 | She had been asking him about the little wooden cities which adorned the shelves in her room . |
| 3 | For example , I 'm careful about using certain words , like ‘ frequency ’ , with younger audiences , when I 'm telling them about the owl 's unusual ‘ lopsided ’ hearing . |
| 4 | He 'll be telling them about the pressures of being a superstar living in Hollywood ! |
| 5 | All I 'd say is that what you have to do Is to ask questions which although are apparently about what you want to do … where you want to get to should really be telling you about the person you 're — " |
| 6 | What struck me was the way in which he seemed to have little difficulty not merely in coming down to my level but in entering into my feelings , as if I were telling him about the most natural matter in the world . |
| 7 | And so you were telling me about the twenty six strike . |
| 8 | You were telling me about the common lodging houses . |
| 9 | And then er I were telling you about the er where the marshes was n't I . |
| 10 | Er I were telling you about the pianos , in one particular terrace you could just imagine it in , what , nineteen er twenty si no , twenty seven twenty eight , and you know things were bad , you talk about the thirties , the twenties were worse than that . |
| 11 | MODEL Sophia Berggren has been telling me about the unusual special effects used for her current Clairol hair colouring advertisement . |
| 12 | ‘ You have just been telling me about the steamy heat of New York in summer — and now you 're moaning about the cold weather here in London ! ’ |
| 13 | I have been telling them about the different sensitivity which Asian women have to their babies and the fact that you ca n't just go up to an Asian woman with the diet leaflet and say you should be giving your baby Cod Liver Oil , because 90 per cent of Asians in Wandsworth are vegetarians . |
| 14 | Jesus had been , with his disciples and he had spent the whole day in teaching and preaching to the people , he 'd been explaining to them what the kingdom of God was like , he 'd been telling them some of the parables that perhaps we 're familiar with , he 'd been telling them about the parable of the sewer and the seed , the man who went out and he sewed his seed and different things went wrong birds came and picked up the stuff that fell by the wayside , some fell on stony ground and it could n't put down any roots , some fell amongst thorns and they were quickly choked , but some did fall in good prepared soil and that grew . |
| 15 | Only ten minutes before , the current owner of the Rose Bowl , the rather oppressively genteel Miss Philimore , had been telling her about the wealthy local businessman who was one of the Rose Bowl 's best customers … |
| 16 | You 've put me down for holidays in September and I 've been telling you about the cruise in October for months . |
| 17 | It does not help Fergie 's case that the financial expert who has been advising her about the settlement is the same man she has been cavorting with in the south of France . |
| 18 | In letters to charities she is warning them about the extra administration time that trustees will spend making tax claims and notifying changes of registered particulars , and advising them that much of it could be saved by selling existing investments and contributing the proceeds of sale to a common investment fund . |
| 19 | I do n't know how much Oliver 's told you about the Shakespeare School , but take it from me that place is tacky : how it got its registered status I shudder to think . |
| 20 | She 's told you about the bathing ? ’ |
| 21 | And what 's concerning me about the D K , I think we brought it up yesterd yesterday it was . |
| 22 | I suspect it may soon be superseded by a very different idea derived from evolutionary theory and the knowledge molecular biology is giving us about the genetic control of brain processes . |
| 23 | All you have to do is tell us about the worst computer nightmare you 've ever had . |
| 24 | Fairfax turns to me : ‘ The laibon is telling me about the lion hunt in which his brother was injured . ’ |
| 25 | He is telling us about the new initiatives |
| 26 | My eyes light up at the sight of her even though she 's hitting me about the head , so to speak . |
| 27 | When I 've written to you in the past , it 's usually been to tell you about the developments of some of our long term programmes . |
| 28 | Who 's been beating you about the head ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Our vicar was tellin' us about the people who are leadin' the uprisin' in Russia . |
| 30 | ‘ She was asking me about the criminal classes , so I was telling her . ’ |