Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] people about " in BNC.
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| 1 | An unemployed lift engineer 's mate , Darren Webb , 25 , of Colchester , also appreciated the opportunity to talk to people about the various training and job schemes available rather than having to rely on leaflets . |
| 2 | Some of them are people that erm that I 've generally had contact with , in terms of starting to talk to people about it erm , other people are being kind of , what 's the word , optimistic , with the truth Likes And The Brides for example , erm |
| 3 | Erm I do look for opportunities to talk to people about God but I , I certainly think that you have to wait for the right opportunity because , if people are ill or very down , then it often is n't the right time when they 're vulnerable erm to try and erm talk to them about something . |
| 4 | Anybody over forty I say it is a legitimate time to talk to people about self employment . |
| 5 | ‘ I think in any rural town it ought to be possible to find an hour or so to stroll round , just to talk to people about this and that . |
| 6 | that 's what I 'd guessed , erm , so I said no , I said they 're fine , so she said oh I 'm ever so sorry I said do n't be I said these sort of things get around , I mean it 's , she kept go and then I went on to describe how I virtually done not too a dissimilar thing going up the road trying to talk to people about writing in to object , you know with this planning application and erm , I said I sort of knock on someone 's door up there and I thought it was the next door that the husband had died and it was that one |
| 7 | There is , as an elderly and respected aunt used to say of people about whom she had reservations , ‘ a want there somewhere ’ . |