Example sentences of "want [to-vb] about her [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had known Elise only slightly and seemed to sense that Merrill did n't want to talk about her cousin , and he confined his conversation to holidays , recent travel and his work . |
| 2 | ‘ That must have been interesting , ’ said Julia and then , because it was obvious that Felicity did not want to talk about her war experiences , began to swap anodyne reminiscences with her . |
| 3 | Friends always had to be left behind and , in any case , she did n't want to hear about her father 's life in France . |
| 4 | And I understood from the hospital where Mrs Ross has been a patient that before she was admitted enquiries were made and you wrote back — supposedly in your wife 's absence — saying you had no idea where your wife was and you did not want to hear about her mother or to see her . ’ |
| 5 | BBC bosses wanted to know about her love life … and if she had ever posed for sexy photos . |
| 6 | For nobody wanted to know about her bathtime invention . |
| 7 | Ruby did not want to , she wanted to talk about her technique even though it had let her down . |