Example sentences of "and [vb base] [pers pn] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Anyway , look it up and minute me about it , will you ? |
| 2 | The scientific age , with its new chemical and metallurgical industries , produced more pollution and spread it about more than any previous epoch . |
| 3 | And our other project will probably be in Malaysia , where we 're hoping to be able to fund lawyers to go and visit the indigenous tribes , and educate them about the Malaysian process of law , because at the moment I 'm sure you 'll know that various indigenous people have been blockading the logging roads that go on to their demarcated territory . |
| 4 | Come and tell me about this morning , ’ He looked round for Catherine to discover that with admirable good sense she had asked for the facilities of the house , and was being issued with soap and hand-towels by Miss Williams . |
| 5 | Putting a hand on her arm , he said gently , ‘ Would you like to sit for a while and tell me about it ? ’ |
| 6 | I spoke to her , telling her to do as we had earlier discussed and detach herself from the scene so that she could see it and tell me about it but could not feel any distress , whether mental , physical or emotional . |
| 7 | Try to get a grip on yourself and tell me about it . ’ |
| 8 | You come down here and tell me about the time you went to the Abacos . ’ |
| 9 | And tell me about the lady who did abortions , erm , did you know very much about what sort of people they were ? |
| 10 | ‘ Sit down and tell me about it . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Well , sit down , ’ said Holmes , ‘ and tell me about yourself . ’ |
| 12 | and tell me about you , what do you do ? |
| 13 | ‘ Call in on your way home and tell me about it . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Come and sit here and tell me about yourself . |
| 15 | ‘ Parents and teachers can write to me , and tell me about their kids . |
| 16 | Come and tell me about nursery . |
| 17 | Do n't waste another night , she said ; if there is somebody here you want then you go right up and tell him about it , you just tell him , because he may not be here tomorrow night . |
| 18 | You could talk dirty , and tell him about your wildest fantasies … |
| 19 | Will the Minister take time in the next week , as a matter of urgency , to meet the Israeli ambassador and tell him about the feeling in the country generally that the Israeli Government are literally getting away with murder ? |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm going to infiltrate the skinheads and tell them about black people . |
| 21 | They meet Clive and Alison at the beach , and tell them about it . |
| 22 | If I have n't made any headway by Tuesday morning , I 'll go to the police and tell them about the plate . |
| 23 | Who do nothing else but phone businesses and organizations and surgeries and golf clubs and tell them about our products . |
| 24 | ‘ She says , can you come to coffee and tell her about what I 'll need for school . ’ |
| 25 | I must ring my mother , he thought , and tell her about it . |
| 26 | You 'll not be noticed in the crowd , and your mother will never forgive you if you do n't stay to see the visitors , and tell her about them ! ’ |
| 27 | Listen , why do n't you ring up the social editor of the Advent , and tell her about your meeting tomorrow . |
| 28 | Could you take her round the factory and tell her about the work ? ’ |
| 29 | I shall phone Mother this evening and tell her about Aunt Bertha … that I 'll be home on — on Thursday week . ’ |
| 30 | He had told her , so that today he could be free — free to go to Charity and tell her about this astonishing feeling inside of him . |