Example sentences of "they have [adv] [be] [verb] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | they did n't even know how to put the clip onto the microphone , they were sitting holding the microphones instead of slinging it round their neck , and they 've never been told about the equipment , so they need n't |
| 2 | They had both been asked about other men who were in France and answered patiently , knowing that the distraught women who asked them were only clutching at straws . |
| 3 | They had not been asked about materials because a layman 's opinion , or even a manufacturer 's label , was not reliable . |
| 4 | They had not been talking about the Dane , but she felt disinclined to revert to a discussion about the ease with which Vitor could persuade her to go to bed with him . |
| 5 | She asked Nanny what they had all been talking about as Nanny towelled her dry . |
| 6 | But nobody who regularly uses the motorway can say they have n't been warned about the dangers of driver fatigue . |
| 7 | Still others throw themselves on the mercy of God without being able to name the name of Christ because they have never been told about him . |