Example sentences of "the [num ord] [noun] about [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That I On the first point about us and our own showing of forgiveness . |
| 2 | Its classical central waiting-room had a touch of the first Euston about it , eighty years removed , and South Australian railways were so proud of it that they promptly published a booklet providing statistics of its dimensions , quantities of building materials used , and so on . |
| 3 | Some learn in this way for the first time about what goes on inside a university . |
| 4 | The parachutist who crash-landed on a group of schoolchildren has been talking for the first time about what happened . |
| 5 | THE PARENTS of murdered toddler Jamie Bulger have spoken publicly for the first time about their tragedy and their new hopes for the birth of another child . |
| 6 | Here she speaks for the first time about her ordeal to Margaret Hall . |
| 7 | Joanna 's ex-boyfriend , Frank Tadgell , spoke for the first time about her disappearance last night . |
| 8 | Sheila Silcock has spoken for the first time about her anger when her son Ben was banned from a MIND drop-in centre in Roehampton , south-west London . |
| 9 | Ben 's mother Sheila Silcock writes for the first time about her experiences . |
| 10 | Talking for the first time about his ordeal , Brian says : ‘ They left me in no doubt I was a leading suspect . |
| 11 | King Hussein delivered a televised speech to the nation on Nov. 5 in which he spoke publicly for the first time about his recent cancer surgery in the United States [ see p. 39118 ] , announcing that he would have to undergo further tests in the USA . |
| 12 | And anyway , even if we ask them , I mean , even if they think we can do something about it , though Christ knows what , I do n't want a lot of knowalls who have n't got any kids and do n't know the first thing about them telling us what to do with ours — ’ |
| 13 | She did n't know the first thing about him , after all . |
| 14 | Only then did she realise that , for all she had been in his company for a total of several hours now , she still did n't know the first thing about him . |
| 15 | You do n't know the first thing about me ! |
| 16 | ‘ I do n't know the first thing about anything , really . ’ |
| 17 | After all , that is the first thing about us that others see and a well-groomed , well-dressed image reflected back at us from the mirror goes a long way to bolstering our private and public confidence . |
| 18 | He had been told that he did n't know the first thing about it , that the young were all the same , destructive and careless , that Mrs Irving set a value on her privacy . |
| 19 | Some of the people who talk about commitment do n't know the first thing about it . |
| 20 | ‘ You do n't know the first thing about my relationship with Florian ! ’ |
| 21 | ‘ He did n't know the first thing about you , did he ? ’ |
| 22 | You told nearly all , all the third year about it ! |
| 23 | Hospital doctors , for example , are still expected to have the last word about their patients ' discharge dates , or about their transfer to other institutions , or to decide whether they should be offered facilities such as regular readmission to relieve carers . |