Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] about [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I know he had a rather possessive attitude towards her-I told you about that time he came into her class , did n't I ? — but from the way he looked at her , you 'd have thought she was the most perfect and precious thing on earth to him . |
| 2 | C. She never bossed me about half as much as you do . |
| 3 | ‘ The hospital called me about half an hour ago , ’ Cowley said , and after a brief pause , ‘ Doyle regained consciousness at four this afternoon . |
| 4 | So of course I , took me about half hour to find the forklift cos somebody had nicked it by time I went got the chemicals Robin comes down , he said oh do n't worry about he said do i do it tomorrow morning he said , they 'll be nobody about then can you go down the bot bottom and do the butterflies ? |
| 5 | His mum brought him about half an hour ago with a pretty nasty cut on the head . ’ |
| 6 | Grand though this sounds , it seems to be borne out by those who knew him about that time . |
| 7 | So I made a collage that said something about that day and their plight , and named it after one of the banners they were carrying . ’ |
| 8 | So I made a collage that said something about that day and their plight , and named it after one of the banners they were carrying . ’ |