Example sentences of "i [vb past] about the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know she were , she were brick shit she were , I said to Lyn I said I 'm bloody sure , I could have actually , she , she were nearly eating out of my arm , in them last few weeks , I 'll tell you , ooh the encouragement I got about the driving ooh I ca n't do it Lyn and when I comes in that day the first test I had she 'd made a great big fucking cake |
| 2 | Well , I must admit I got about the bottom mark . |
| 3 | And before meeting him , I wandered about the Left Bank reminding myself that I had been prescribed the city of love to feast my senses . |
| 4 | I learnt about the exploited conditions under which the peons and gauchos had to live . |
| 5 | Of course I forgot about the sleeping child . |
| 6 | I forgot about the back pocket . |
| 7 | Okay , so I lied about the cuddly toy and the microwave , but I bet if ART could have got them into the Multiverb 's 1U , 19″ rack format they would have . |
| 8 | I heard about the first one pretty soon , the next night in fact , because everyone I knew was talking about the arrival of the new beauty . |
| 9 | It was through them that I heard about the forthcoming penny farthing races at Ferrymead Historic Park , on Waitangi Day ( the NZ national day , Feb. 6th ) . |
| 10 | ‘ Once I knew about the other woman , I realised we 'd been drifting apart and that , at weekends , I 'd felt quite distant . |
| 11 | I knew about the famous Sherlock Holmes . |
| 12 | I knew about the bad weather , and I had learned later that , on account of this , the plane had been recalled without accomplishing its mission . |
| 13 | The make-up girl went to work on me as Duncan and I reminisced about the last time we 'd worked together . |
| 14 | I thought about the real taxi-drivers in London who took parties of kids to the seaside on day trips each year and realized just what courage was . |
| 15 | On my way upstairs I thought about the famous pianist . |
| 16 | The next day I thought about the possible dangers on the island . |
| 17 | I thought about the early Scottish settlers of the Great Plains of America who endured terrible confusions because of the pure space they had never experienced before , except perhaps at sea . |
| 18 | I thought about the good-hearted couple inside its walls , and suddenly they seemed unimportant . |
| 19 | I worried about the mythic trees you used to paint . |
| 20 | It was a most fruitful involvement and I can never be grateful enough for what I learned about the long history of Burma and the Buddhist culture which was woven into the life of the people . |
| 21 | Did you hear what I said about the tall fair man , dear ? " |
| 22 | junior Colts , sorry junior Colts , and he said erm ah had a bit of a roll at the beginning and then towards the end now we 've sort of lost loads in a row so I said , he said alright I said about the same with us then I was , so I said it 's cold and he said mm yes it is rather . |
| 23 | Jennings was right , and bright , to highlight one thing I said about the artistic choices behind the show . |
| 24 | In his speech he said , ‘ May I suggest to you and your Council that you have the debate I suggested about the economic and environmental factors and then set out to provide leadership for the industry in reconciling these items . ’ |
| 25 | When I explained about the sleeping man and his promise of a visa , Mr Saleb looked at me as if ! was talking gibberish . |
| 26 | I explained about the green box , but said nothing about this notebook . |
| 27 | As I looked out of the window into the black emptiness , I wondered about the great mystery of death , and thought of Helen Burns , who was so sure her spirit would go to heaven . |