Example sentences of "about [pron] [adj] [subord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Carmen regards him as a kind of guru and I 'm the first to admit he 's been an invaluable catalyst in her career , but I wish he could talk about something other than medicine . ’ |
| 2 | She wanted to talk about something other than death and danger . |
| 3 | He knew I worked with Malcolm because he was one of the few teachers I could have a conversation with about something more than homework or football . |
| 4 | At school , it simply was n't done to show you cared about anything other than cricket . |
| 5 | She knew from experience that if she started a conversation with the girls about anything other than business , it could go on for ever , and Christina did not have time to listen to Todney 's domestic problems this morning . |
| 6 | they want to talk about anything other than crime prevention |
| 7 | Not the way it is today , when on the rare occasion an employee accompanies a guest here , he is likely to be some newcomer who has little to say about anything other than Association Football , and who prefers to pass the evening not by the fire of the servants ' hall , but drinking at the Ploughman 's Arms — or indeed , as seems increasingly likely nowadays , at the Star Inn . |
| 8 | Can I , for the benefit of members opposite who , who always seem to believe that people on this side of the chamber are townies and do n't know anything about anything other than street lighting for the benefit of members opposite and for the public gallery outside , can I say that in my younger days , a million years ago , I rode with hunt . |