Example sentences of "about [pers pn] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These are indeed vital , but overconcern about them obscures wider issues . |
| 2 | I 've never read a U2 interview so I do n't know if there are rumours about them doing insane things . |
| 3 | I have written to one or two retail outlets complaining about them selling these fish , also spoken to a couple of managers but they are still selling these fish . |
| 4 | I shall assume … that invented strings and certain intuitive judgements about them constitute legitimate data for linguistic research . |
| 5 | Critics seem to have it the other way round , so there 's a lot of stuff talked about me using different styles , but there does n't seem to be much said about whether it works , or whether it 's done with taste , or whether the end result is worth having . |
| 6 | And what about me paying ten pound fine did n't I ? |
| 7 | What about I said this number . |
| 8 | And what about I bought some revision books and things study aids or something for Amanda for her English literature |
| 9 | And what about I bought some revision books and things study aids or something for Amanda for her English literature |
| 10 | Well sorry , Anne , but I know too much about you to take this drivel . ’ |
| 11 | I said to Julie about the washing I said to Julie I said you 're at home how about you taking this washing machine with you when you go because you 're paying . |
| 12 | Anyway the next day Brocklesby is berthing and I can see the captain pointing at me , my hem was showing my petticoat was showing my hat off and afterwards I said to him erm what was so funny oh he said I was telling the Queen about you having those weeds for the rehearsal yesterday and she thought it was terribly funny |
| 13 | And er what was I going to tell you , I told you about , I talked about we had nine pawnbroker 's shops , I did n't did I , but that we did have nine pawnbroker shops in Ipswich . |
| 14 | Which reminds me — how about we have that game when we get back ? |
| 15 | How about we have Chinese mushrooms with bamboo shoots ? |
| 16 | Of all the things the Welsh MPs have got to talk about they decided public toilets are the most important . |
| 17 | The only time the mother spent with the boy was during meal-times and she had become so anxious about him eating sufficient quantities that she hovered over him and interfered with his eating pattern . |
| 18 | We thought about him buying some property and letting it out . |
| 19 | He moved through the crowd with that long , prowling stride , the aura of leashed danger about him causing other men to make way automatically . |
| 20 | Two factors about him concern this story . |
| 21 | However , if your baby is a picky eater and you 're worried about her getting enough iron , there 's still no need to change to follow-on milk . |
| 22 | Something on the local news about her poking some television woman in the eye , to say nothing of her dancing the night away with John Major . |
| 23 | Have you been able to establish whether or not Bridlington has been breached and if Bridlington has been what are you going to do about it to get that decision res reversed . |
| 24 | Think about it driving thirty hours . |
| 25 | On the one hand , the local situation and knowledge about it encouraged some people to retire at the same time as they were made redundant . |
| 26 | Just thinking about it aroused such passion in him it was scary : $75 million from the bank , $25 million from Antonio , and he , Stephen Reece-Carlton , could develop his own small island in the Bahamas , with a marina , golf course and casino . |
| 27 | ‘ I expect you 've heard the rumours about us seeking further investment for the station — you might even have been privy to some inside information . ’ |
| 28 | She did n't say and I , I never thought to ask her , no she did n't say so we 're just , that 's why really as I say I do n't , I think at first she was quite happy for us to go in and maybe take stuff in , but I do n't think she was happy about us doing structural things on it |