Example sentences of "the [noun] [verb] [pron] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's in the dressing room next door and , after sorting himself out , he knocked and joined me in mine , giving me the opportunity to ask him about his illness . |
| 2 | Moreover , the measure says nothing about how the wealth is distributed ; a country could raise its GNP by expanding capital intensive industries which leave the poorest sectors of that society completely untouched . |
| 3 | You see now our Judy 's gone , I mean she weeed everywhere and there were nobody had got the heart to do anything about it . |
| 4 | Rain thanked her , not having the heart to tell her about Georgie 's other little joke . |
| 5 | Four days after the Ralembergs told me about the Luciferi , I was in the Golden Turk carousing by myself . |
| 6 | The case says nothing about other restaurants , but there are almost bound to be more in a city centre location . |
| 7 | ( 3 ) On the other hand , if the buyer says nothing about his future intentions this may merely serve to fuel rumours that a full bid is to be expected . |
| 8 | But er she 's coming a and gives him twenty five pounds for what he 's done oh he came in , he came into the kitchen , it 's ever so funny , he came into the kitchen to tell me about this you see Anyway he came back in there and I said to him I 'm not really enthusiastic about the thought er thinking that I was involved with this as well so the dear woman turned round and said to me it 's only your husband so I said well I 'd better go back in the kitchen where I know my place . |
| 9 | Then they left the building muttering something about justice . |
| 10 | But at the end , the story tells you about you . ’ |
| 11 | Contrary to a common misunderstanding , the Census asks nothing about wealth or income . |
| 12 | As they mature , they migrate to the skin surface — the skin renews itself about every 28 days . |
| 13 | It enables the scientist to say something about the internal experiences of others without the tedium of having to ask the subjects themselves . |
| 14 | The structure has suffered little at the hand of man , or from the lapse of time , so that without much imagination it is possible to picture it as the builders left it about the year 1410 . |
| 15 | One of the problems that the college told me about is that school children are leaving school with more computer literacy than the university teachers , so university teachers are having to run hard simply to keep up with the people they are teaching . |
| 16 | ‘ Everything about the college reminded me about the attack , ’ she explained . |
| 17 | I feel that he is really saying not that he sees the cleverness and the artistic quality of the painting or the message in the paintings as might first be assumed , but that he understands what the church is doing , instead of helping the poor , it was showing the pictures to educate them about God . |
| 18 | ‘ If the agent says something about a house it must be verified . |
| 19 | The dinner , Maxim decided , would be best remembered as ‘ nourishing ’ , and he went back to the ante-room to do something about the taste of it . |
| 20 | People do n't think the Editor would have the nerve to challenge him about it . |
| 21 | It was bad enough when Edward Hyde was only an unknown name , but now that the lawyer knew something about Hyde , the will worried him more than ever . |
| 22 | We wrote to the AAIB asking them about this , but they never answered . |
| 23 | Finally , the rule says nothing about the order in which hypotheses are to be pursued . |
| 24 | ‘ The fool asked me about Beth . ’ |
| 25 | The boss congratulates us about the handling of a recent matter and the interview ends . |
| 26 | Why on earth eighteen months ago did the district auditor issue a letter saying that unless the council did something about the situation of numbers and of finance within its elderly persons homes then it would come in and it would require the council to take action . |
| 27 | The ceiling reminded him about the church , the roof had been mended but really it was little more than a pig sty . |
| 28 | Then ( for each product remembered ) what did the ad tell you about the product ? |
| 29 | The judges know nothing about any will of the people except in so far as that will is expressed by an Act of Parliament , and would never suffer the validity of a statute to be questioned on the ground of its having been passed or kept alive in opposition to the wishes of the electors . ’ |
| 30 | The law said nothing about duels between species which were not considered to be human — although that did not prevent an offended party from seeking recourse . |