Example sentences of "about [conj] i " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ It was at that place I told you about that I knew him , ’ he said to Lili . |
| 2 | Well it was the same no distinction at all in that sense , but er you know we were sort of they had more serious things to talk about than I wan er you know I knew the cook , er couple of o other apprentices from the carpenters shop we used to go into the main th there was no-one to keep an eye on us in the in the mess-room you see , no-one to tell us . |
| 3 | Instead of moving all the gear around , he said , how about if I borrow your bass cabinet ? |
| 4 | ‘ Clive , what about if I were to … ’ |
| 5 | If I meet my young son from school , laughing with his friends and waving to me and the dog , who wags its tail and barks in return , should I be supposed not to know what I am talking about if I pronounce them both to be conscious ? |
| 6 | Erm how about if I leave you to do that one ? |
| 7 | I mean I 've even though about if I if I tell you this and you think that 's it 's going to put you you just even if you pass it on to somebody what I 'm telling you pass it on , but just and I 'll try and get the dental treatment where I can get the dental treatment . |
| 8 | Now how about if I take away ? |
| 9 | What about if I add a negative number ? |
| 10 | Now how about if I do four add minus five . |
| 11 | I do n't know what I 'm going to think about if I 'm not going to worry about him all the time . |
| 12 | How about if I said well the reason why they migrate is that they do n't know about urban unemployment , you know if , you know , it 's a lack of information problem . |
| 13 | Well no , what do I do about if I get given a detention ? |
| 14 | What about if I suggested to you that some people would think that being anti-vivisection was in bad taste , how would you answer the point ? |
| 15 | Erm Now what we want to talk about if I can Well you tell me what you want to know I think that 's the best . |
| 16 | So how about if I look at the six monthly saving , |
| 17 | At five o'clock I said to Chris I said , How about if I ask Cindy if she can help . |
| 18 | ‘ So , how about if I agree that I 'm unprincipled , absolutely despicable , and thoroughly reprehensible — or , indeed , any other term of abuse you might care to use ? |
| 19 | Geoff er had a problem with transport so I rang A B A Disco shouting and screaming at Alistaire about if I sit here any longer you 're gon na have to chip me off , I 'm frozen ! |
| 20 | But if you 'd said oh well I 'll prepare , what about if I prepare you , oh yes well I 'll have that probably if you 'd got done it he 'd have it because he had to help himself . |
| 21 | What about if I do an extra bit at the end ? |
| 22 | Erm how about if I say integrate cos X ? |
| 23 | What about if I had K X plus three ? |
| 24 | He was n't sure who I was talking about and I had difficulty myself in recognising this creature of so many years before . |
| 25 | For instance , if you 've got a problem that you 're keen to talk about and I rush in to reassure you that it 's not a problem , I dodge your agenda . |
| 26 | The holiday was one I have always dreamed about and I would highly recommend the centre to any outdoor enthusiast . |
| 27 | But anyway I flared up and said that sort of remark was what we were supposed to be fighting the war about and I went for him . |
| 28 | Because when I was thinking about trying to talking to you today , I thought although we 've worked quite a lot with people along this group , you might be sitting here and thinking well you do n't seem to be doing any specific work for and with old people erm , well I think your quite independent and can work out your right that , but one of the things this front line review erm it erm , it 's considering Council front line services under various headings , one of which is Retired Services that the Council provide as a group , now the leader of the Council wants to erm , get public views on how we look at these services , so , and that 's , that 's individuals and groups and one of the things that you might like to think about and I 'm that we as a local government unit who are servicing this review can help you with , is to consider how you might want to fee in for that review , erm and , and consider this , that the re-services for retired people , that the Council provides that you use and basically whether you use that , or service , we want to hear that , the Council would need to know that cos were gon na be making decisions about whether or not they should continue in this front line review erm , and erm , you know , or what things you would , what , what are your questions on about those services , what other things you would like to see provided , things like that and I thing this group could quite easily make a collective representation , a collective submission to that process then you could do it as individual 's as well , so that , that exercise it , it should be over by the eleventh of October it starts on the sixth of September . |
| 29 | My dear , we have things to talk about and I do n't expect to be here for very much longer — would you prefer us to trail off to my hotel or some public place , or to your frankly not very inviting villa ? |
| 30 | There was a madness about and I could n't tell whether it was within or without me , or either or neither . |