Example sentences of "they [verb] us about " in BNC.
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| 1 | And they , they asked us about mines in the area and we said mines |
| 2 | When they approached us about other products and about doing a commercial , we said no . |
| 3 | She said : it must be what they told us about . |
| 4 | Not only are the results of such ‘ on site ’ studies of immense value for what we assume they tell us about the role of our body clock in affecting mental performance , but they also serve two further roles . |
| 5 | Each of these versions has its own authenticity ; and editorial decisions are interesting in their own right ( and merit investigation ) for what they tell us about the times when they were made ( for example , the Tutuola revisions tell us about British attitudes during the 1960s to the English of non-native speakers ) . |
| 6 | May be if they taught us about it at school boys would find it easier to talk to a girl about sex and things like that . ’ |
| 7 | When we tackled Great Escapes they warned us about ‘ making damaging remarks or besmirching the company in any way ’ . |
| 8 | said you know they ask us about colour and |
| 9 | ‘ They 'll nag us now about winning the peace , just like they nagged us about winning the war . |
| 10 | What can they tell us about the nature of an economy ? |
| 11 | Returning to our table of signatures , what do they teach us about this particular Bible ? |