Example sentences of "i [adv] [vb past] about [noun] " in BNC.

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1 But I had never really formed any ambition to become a Member of Parliament , I just talked about things which I love to talk about till all of a sudden one of the guests said : ‘ You want to be a Member of Parliament do n't you ? ’ and I said , ‘ Yes ’ .
2 I have learned more than I ever knew about humility .
3 I seem to remember that the first information I ever had about Ben was that he had measles !
4 In fact , the first piece I ever wrote about fish was on this topic .
5 ‘ Playing with D'Arcy has been a real education because up until she joined the band I always thought about rock in male terms .
6 Something I always liked about Lou 's lyrics was their unstated threat . ’
7 I always enquired about Dorothy 's parents when we met .
8 I probably spent about $100,000 on trying to get documents out through the act , and I 'd hate to do a value for money survey on what I got . ’
9 As Lewis tells us in the preface to the published version of this book , his initial reaction was to wish for anonymity , ‘ since if I were to say what I really thought about pain , I should be forced to make statements of such apparent fortitude that they would become ridiculous if anyone knew who made them , .
10 What I really learnt about teaching was when I actually started the stuff .
11 Two lessons I then learnt about Sweden : the first lesson was that ‘ rum ’ means ‘ room ’ .
12 Incredible as it may seem , I never thought about sex at all , and did n't even masturbate : starvation reduces libido .
13 Your letter to Mrs. Evans of ‘ March was sent on to me because I recently wrote about cycle barriers in the ‘ Spokes ’ magazine , which she saw .
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