Example sentences of "about [adj] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Without information about specific incidents it is not possible to develop a methodical analysis , nor is it likely that effective strategies for prevention will be found .
2 ‘ You know , you really ought to do something about that razor you 've been using ! ’
3 I was just telling him , they 've got big ones like that about that size I think in in Woolworths .
4 ‘ When you started prattling about that man I sometimes saw here before I ever went up to Oxford , ’ she said .
5 Sorry about that Simon I do n't know why we 're not working here .
6 I think perhaps , I shall contact Cyril , and say how about that drink we we 've agreed to , we , we 've enjoyed together ?
7 When he thought about that voice he felt he would like to murder her with a knife himself .
8 About that bit it 's that bit .
9 Now a message has come in , about that pyometra you did .
10 ‘ And what you said this morning … about that manuscript I gave you .
11 ‘ Well I 'm not , ’ said Robert , ‘ and I want to know what you 've found out about that manuscript I gave you ! ’
12 And about that manuscript you gave me . ’
13 ‘ You know , ’ she said resentfully , ‘ when Billy was inside he was sharing a landing with some very funny men , and one day he was telling them about that pub he bought with the cellars full of Château d'Yquem not showing off or nothing , just by way of general conversation , and they said , ‘ Nice , is it , with that stuff you lot eat ?
14 yeah I thought about , about that amp you know
15 Do n't worry about that Val I 'll do it when I get home .
16 We all know about that Stewart we did better without the box .
17 And also you said , you were going , you were taking the piss out of me about that thing I told you about something to do with Aaron erm
18 You say just a comment comment , what about that letter we had ?
19 Obviously you 're annoyed about that letter you received — but that does n't give you the right to vent your spleen on me .
20 ‘ What about that dinner you promised me ? ’ she reminded him .
21 but do n't worrying about that job you 're doing , because it does n't matter whether it 's a fix fee job or
22 Then you can tell me some more about that book you 've been buried in for the past week . "
23 What 's happened about that book you
24 oh what about that place we stayed , we were gon na stay at ?
25 Did they tell you about that nanny I was ?
26 Yes , we did have some good news about that court case , about that accident we had , it 's all been thrown out of court
27 ‘ I always knew there was something not quite you about that get-up you wore at the lodge . ’
28 Did you hear about that chap he did
29 Er what about that line he came out with ?
30 In discussion with the son about possible services it was discovered that hospital day care could be arranged , but it would be humiliating for the family to have an ambulance call at the home .
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