Example sentences of "about [pron] and [verb] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The agonies of reading one 's most intimate feelings and thoughts aloud to a roomful of strangers , and then being expected to talk about them and explain them in an acceptably relaxed and humorous manner were more than I could bear . |
| 2 | He said he 'd had other complaints about them and barred them from the dances . |
| 3 | Basically , they wanted to write a press release about me and distribute it to all the local newspapers , Radio Cornwall , Television South West and the BBC regional news programme , Spotlight . |
| 4 | This was the station where the fire had been , she had read about it and seen it on television . |
| 5 | After its discovery in 1873 , the Tongue had found its way into the hands of a treasure-hunter , who had kept quiet about it and sold it to a London dealer , who in turn had sold it to an American collector , who had lent it to an exhibition in Philadelphia in 1922 — which latter appearance had provided the clues , sixty-five years later , for a detective-story-like investigation on the part of Theodore Kemp of the Ashmolean Museum — a man who now lay dead in the mortuary at the Radcliffe Infirmary . |
| 6 | She read about it and saw it on television . |
| 7 | Give others nuggets of information about yourself and take them into your confidence . |
| 8 | Mum knew about us and mentioned it to Sarah when we came back here after your wedding . ’ |