Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [pron] [verb] [pron] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once I 'd discounted the story you gave me about Lori 's reasons for being there , I realised the note could only have come from her , and therefore she must have taken the jade . ’ |
| 2 | In the interview they asked me about my future plans . |
| 3 | Honest enquirers , like the lawyer who asked him about the greatest commandment , were impressed and attracted by his Bible-based teaching ( though , as with the rich young ruler , they did not all respond to it positively ) . |
| 4 | The girl you told me about years ago . |
| 5 | Charles had said he wanted a practical farmer on the council who knew something about estate management , and John Higgs was the man found for the job . |
| 6 | There was a little article in the Sun I told you about . |
| 7 | During the night she told him about his sleepwalking just after their wedding . |
| 8 | ‘ I was told , ’ said Lili , ‘ by the person who told me about this place . ’ |
| 9 | I read in that book in the library I told you about that the people who have it , the AIDS sufferers , they wake up in the morning soaking . |
| 10 | The pollster who asks you about washing powders or foreign holidays is probably working for a ‘ market research ’ organization . |
| 11 | The man who told me about them is not afraid because he can do more harm to them than they can inflict on him . ’ |
| 12 | In this instance , John and his buddies will be happy that their ‘ expert knowledge ’ and status has been publicly recognised , and the bulk of the audience who know nothing about the marketing concept are flattered that someone thinks they know something about it . |
| 13 | At the end he asked me about myself , curtly , as if it was all rather a bore . |
| 14 | ‘ Why get rid of the only man in the company who knows anything about selling jewellery in the most important time of the year ? |
| 15 | He told the inquest he remembered nothing about what happened in the crash . |
| 16 | In addition to the note I gave you about the AO Development course , we 've been discussing the range of courses available , and we 've come up with the following ‘ wants list ’ . |
| 17 | Back at the office you said something about a secret project . |
| 18 | Upside down across the table he reads something about bicycles in the hall and cogitations in the study … |
| 19 | ‘ This is the house I told you about , darling ! |