Example sentences of "about [adj] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You know , you really ought to do something about that razor you 've been using ! ’ |
| 2 | I was just telling him , they 've got big ones like that about that size I think in in Woolworths . |
| 3 | ‘ When you started prattling about that man I sometimes saw here before I ever went up to Oxford , ’ she said . |
| 4 | I think perhaps , I shall contact Cyril , and say how about that drink we we 've agreed to , we , we 've enjoyed together ? |
| 5 | When he thought about that voice he felt he would like to murder her with a knife himself . |
| 6 | About that bit it 's that bit . |
| 7 | Now a message has come in , about that pyometra you did . |
| 8 | ‘ And what you said this morning … about that manuscript I gave you . |
| 9 | ‘ Well I 'm not , ’ said Robert , ‘ and I want to know what you 've found out about that manuscript I gave you ! ’ |
| 10 | And about that manuscript you gave me . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ 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 ? |
| 12 | yeah I thought about , about that amp you know |
| 13 | 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 |
| 14 | You say just a comment comment , what about that letter we had ? |
| 15 | Obviously you 're annoyed about that letter you received — but that does n't give you the right to vent your spleen on me . |
| 16 | ‘ What about that dinner you promised me ? ’ she reminded him . |
| 17 | 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 |
| 18 | Then you can tell me some more about that book you 've been buried in for the past week . " |
| 19 | What 's happened about that book you |
| 20 | oh what about that place we stayed , we were gon na stay at ? |
| 21 | Did they tell you about that nanny I was ? |
| 22 | Yes , we did have some good news about that court case , about that accident we had , it 's all been thrown out of court |
| 23 | ‘ I always knew there was something not quite you about that get-up you wore at the lodge . ’ |
| 24 | Did you hear about that chap he did |
| 25 | Er what about that line he came out with ? |
| 26 | It 's all about technical stuff I mean a lot of you do technical training . |
| 27 | ‘ That we 'd had a short but intense affair , and when we 'd met again and realised we still felt the same about each other you 'd revealed how Thomas was mine . ’ |
| 28 | you see , so er anyway when we got off the phone Mike said yeah but what about bloody power you see |
| 29 | At a time when governments seemed to have learnt a great deal about economic management they found it increasingly difficult to practise it . |
| 30 | Now when talking about economic reform I am very well aware of the shadow hanging over most African countries ' debt . |