Example sentences of "i [verb] [vb pp] about the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over the cheese , he picked up on something I 'd said about the PKB file on Cawthorne 's dealings . |
| 2 | Unfortunately , I 'd forgotten about the check points every five miles . |
| 3 | I 'd forgotten about the breakfast things . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Oh God , I 'd forgotten about the mess , ’ she added , taking in the empty coffee mugs and sheets of paper strewn around the room . |
| 5 | ‘ To be honest I 'd forgotten about the money until Jim Boyce reminded me , ’ said manager Frankie Parks after the 4–0 win . |
| 6 | Some British colleagues thought it was overweight and underpowered , so after trying a right-hand drive 1.8GL version recently , I looked up with some trepidation what I had said about the car on my voting form six months ago . |
| 7 | After a while Lily began to talk , and I realized that she understood nothing of what I had said about the war . |
| 8 | I had heard about the Dog Man before on my week-long journey from Kirk Yetholm towards Edale — travellers going north had told me as I journeyed south at first that the Dog Man was only three days ahead of me , then two days ahead of me , and then the final group of walkers had told me that it would n't be long before I caught him up . |
| 9 | I had heard about the new economic empires of the East : Japan , Korea , Taiwan , Singapore , Malaysia … yet it was a surprise to realise how fast these giants are probing their tentacles deep into Sarawak 's ‘ Heart of Darkness ’ . |
| 10 | But what really made the difference was that I got engaged to a girl called Jane Wilde , whom I had met about the time I was diagnosed with ALS . |
| 11 | One thing that I had grasped about the whole business was that we were going to live in a country area where there would be lots of wildlife , and I had heard of King Arthur , of course . |
| 12 | I had read about the proposed rock 'n' roll evening in the newsletter and thought ‘ that would be a laugh , wonder if I could persuade to go ? ’ |
| 13 | I had read about the place in Scum magazine I felt all right in here : a circular , windowless room , tricked out in some lost pimp 's image of a paradisal arbour — tendoned vines , plastic grape-clutches , bamboo ceiling , lagoon lights and canned birdsong . |
| 14 | I had inquired about the ownership of the south bank of the River Almond , along the perimeter of the airport , and about the possibility of making a cycle path along it to link Turnhouse village with Carlowrie , and thus provide a relatively safe route from Edinburgh to West Lothian , basically following the route of the old A9 . |
| 15 | I had forgotten about the midges . |
| 16 | Everything I 've said about the training of Dawn might lead you to think it 's just a question of patience and keeping her weight at the right level , but there really is much more to it than that . |
| 17 | And I 've heard about the problem on these new Glory models too . ’ |
| 18 | Desert Orchid 's owner Richard Burridge said : ‘ Yes , I 've heard about the plan but I do n't know exact details . ’ |
| 19 | I 've heard one like that , I 've heard about the one where the man goes into the and and is there for years . |
| 20 | ‘ No , but I 've heard about the place , and I must say they sound as if they 're rather exciting , ’ Lucy said with a certain amount of truth . |
| 21 | No , it 's just a general enquiry , really , I I guess erm , erm , you you 've , through you Chairman , I I 've I 've heard about the involvement of officers , but I wonder what extent there is involvement of of of members in the the the process of preparing those reports and presentations of the report , is is there any member comment on that . |
| 22 | Well that 's the first first I 've heard about the change to it . |
| 23 | Oh I 've heard about the abbey yeah . |
| 24 | So we were gon na go to The Two Mills but I 've heard about the Miller 's Kitchen so I thought , we 'll try it . |
| 25 | Turning now very briefly to the H One D the Greater York issue , clearly the comments I 've made about the calculations for York have a knock on effect for our position on Greater York , the Greater York figures as I understand it from the County Council are based on a one hundred percent migration assumption , if the technical difference between us er we are right then we believe clearly the Greater York figure should be increased by an appropriate amount , and the we 've suggested the increased cut should be seven hundred er relating to the city itself I ca n't calculate with any great accuracy what the figure for the surrounding parts of Greater York might be , but it would be we suspect only another one to two hundred more on top of that , therefore that underst explains the reason why the City Council suggests that the Greater York should be increased to the ten four figure from the nine seven . |
| 26 | Mountain Lover is one of the most intriguing ( in several senses of the word ) books I 've read about the global climbing village . |
| 27 | I 've read about the century of rebellions . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I 've read about the island of Madeira , but I 've never been there . |
| 29 | I 've read about the Unionist delegation being bamboozled at Sunningdale , but this is a new generation of Unionists , which the SDLP did n't expect . |
| 30 | Erm talking about conservatories for which you need , I 've read about the quiz . |