Example sentences of "he [verb] [pron] about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remember him telling me about that , that stone . |
| 2 | When I next saw the King , he asked me about this experience . |
| 3 | When will he do something about that deplorable record ? |
| 4 | Well why does n't , ca n't he do something about that or does he |
| 5 | After he told them about this , they sent one letter from Siam covered with stamps : ‘ Those would have kept me in The Autocar for ever , but I could n't bear to part with the envelope . ’ |
| 6 | He told me about this condition quite openly , including the impulse to throw himself over cliffs etc . |
| 7 | ‘ He told you about that ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ He told you about that ? |
| 9 | and then we started speaking to this chap and say we were looking for this place where the erm , they sell all this food and so on , what 's the name of the place , he said oh he says it 's finished , so he said you know where the er , we said er where 's somewhere good you know to , to go and have a nice sleep , and he told us about that place up the mountain where we went , where we all went the last time |
| 10 | He messed us about this weekend did n't he ? |
| 11 | And why had he told her about that unlocked door ? |
| 12 | He knew everything about all his men . |
| 13 | He knew something about other letters . |
| 14 | He was particularly skilled with animals and he knew something about veterinary work which came in very handy when any of the animals took ill , also during lambing and calving time . |
| 15 | I had to show the local mechanic what to do ; he knew nothing about small aircraft . |
| 16 | He knew nothing about blue water sailing . |
| 17 | He asked about several crimes of violence that had happened in south-east Antrim and Beattie told him that he knew nothing about any of them . |
| 18 | He tells us about Old Mother Walsh and how the snake is coming for him . |
| 19 | Knowing Louis 's concern for the Holy Land in 1147 he had led the French army on the Second Crusade — he put it about that all he really wanted to do was put his own house in order , make proper provision for his children , and then he would be off on crusade in his lord 's company . |
| 20 | At that time he had been able to write to Lanfranc to ask if he remembered anything about these transactions . |
| 21 | He had a thick stick of some kind — quite short-in his hand , and he said something about this being a holdup , or a stick-up or some term I really did n't understand . |
| 22 | ‘ Did he say anything about last night ? ’ |
| 23 | He knows nothing about any letters from Tristram Abberley to his sister . ’ |