Example sentences of "to [pron] about [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What k what kind what 's changed in the short time are the things Wh when I 've been talking to them about the publicity you said that , The last few years there 's there has been |
| 2 | When I tried to explain to them about the golf-ball it only made matters worse . |
| 3 | John and Norma were escorted out of Jeffrey Archer 's Bridal Suite and back to their own and since it was not safe to leave the hotel , Lady Thatcher accompanied them , as she wanted to talk to them about the progress of her Foundation . |
| 4 | ‘ We talk to them about the style of service and food they are planning and the figure we recommend is often less than they had estimated , ’ he says . |
| 5 | I explained to them about the act I 've got . " |
| 6 | It will be sent unsolicited to all parents , so that there will be a great increase in the information available to them about the school . |
| 7 | Both Mr Megrahi and Mr Fhima told me they would be happy to meet Scottish or American investigators and talk to them about the case . ’ |
| 8 | We complained to them about the target . |
| 9 | A remark which someone had once made to me about a man who had gone mad in the camp came clearly out of the darkness : |
| 10 | ‘ And she writes to me about a man like this ! ’ |
| 11 | Yeah he mentioned to me about a month ago well I think it was at Christmas , it was probably at Christmas time |
| 12 | ‘ Do n't talk to me about the title . |
| 13 | Which is why I should have welcomed the students who wanted to talk to me about the poetry of George Darley , which a misguided colleague of mine had included in a series of lectures on the early nineteenth century , and in so doing had worried the more discerning of my students , who were failing to see any merit there . |
| 14 | Also , as the first signatory of the motion , may I say that since it was tabled statements have been made to me about the involvement of Stella Rimington and Mr. Roger Windsor of the National Union of Mineworkers . |
| 15 | It may have been a very naive discovery on my part , but that said something very definite to me about the way we live . |
| 16 | ‘ Two years ago Adai talked to me about the AOL . |
| 17 | I 've just asked him about the collaborative review the focus is apparently on national curriculum so that means maths , English and , but they want to look ge more general issues and because they 're in on a Wens Tuesday and a Wednesday he said that they would go in a look at , three of them would go in a look at taught tutorial lessons they will want to talk to me about the tutorial programme I would hope that that would involve somebody else cos I 've got the bit of the fence that I sit on and ask one or two of you to give your opinion if , if you 're available . |
| 18 | The last Minister for the Arts but one , Tim Renton , made a remark to me about the difficulty of speaking up too energetically for the arts sector in the House of Commons , for fear that the other MPs would say , ‘ Ah , poor chap , he 's gone native ’ . |
| 19 | He was actually expressly forbidden to speak to me about the matter . |
| 20 | Once or twice , at mealtimes , I thought Quigley was going to speak to me about the matter . |
| 21 | ‘ I have considered all the facts that you describe relating to the circumstances and they are substantially as in my officer 's report to me about the death . |
| 22 | I just could n't get the Queen to talk to me about the situation . |
| 23 | But some critics , and a number of ordinary viewers who have spoken to me about the show , feel rather uneasy . |
| 24 | There 's one other area that 's just sprung to me about the trainee and their actual ability . |
| 25 | ‘ She said a funny poem to me about an angel spitting . ’ |
| 26 | So anyway , he erm had his say quite a long story and er the Chairman turned round all of a sudden and he s he could n't say the Chairman er said call him cos that 's what we call him and he said er he said erm would you like to come back to the rostrum again and he said erm you were explaining to me about an accident you had in the quarry in quarry , erm some years back and he said , I 'd like you to explain to these people . |
| 27 | The press officer , Barbara Bloomfield , complained at a meeting of the Greens ' council in January 1990 that if she wanted to step out of the office she had to get a volunteer to take her place , possibly an overseas student who knew next to nothing about the press or the party . |
| 28 | Responding to criticism that the commission had said next to nothing about the role of university scientists , , president emeritus of the Rockefeller University in New York and co-chairman of the commission , said that any such comments would have been dismissed as special pleading . |
| 29 | But the T'ang had kept his thoughts to himself about the killing . |
| 30 | Because even if you you have sat down and spoken to somebody about the project for five minutes , and given them all the other information , |