Example sentences of "[vb infin] to [pron] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | All you 've got to do is chat to him about Tuscany and then twist the conversation around so you can slide in a few of my questions . ’ |
| 2 | Mr Burns said he did not speak to them about their past life because he felt that would have been ‘ insensitive ’ . |
| 3 | Now I never if I was going through a train or going down a platform , and there were two or three carriage women carriage cleaners you know , I would n't speak to them about their work . |
| 4 | The knowledge of his affair still ate away at her , and it was knowing that she could never speak to him about the affair that hurt most . |
| 5 | When will you go and speak to him about it ? ’ |
| 6 | I 'll maybe speak to her about it a week , a week on Wednesday I I assume she 'll be back then . |
| 7 | She 's been in Paris on business for two days , but she 'll be back this evening , so you can speak to her about it . ’ |
| 8 | Well I do n't know because I , I did n't speak to her about the money , Sheila spoke to her , but she knows not to speak to me very much about money , see |
| 9 | she , she used to go on about it and all this and I , I sort of fell out with her at one time , but did n't actually speak to her about it |
| 10 | Erm , a , my mother did n't speak to me about sex until I was pregnant ! |
| 11 | You must come and speak to me about him when he is older . ’ |
| 12 | Er , the next paper is er , the external auditors management letter , and we have with us today , Coopers and Liebrand representatives and I understand Max who , you 're going to er , speak to us about |
| 13 | Right , I 've just got a , two or three minutes , I 've just wan na get something quickly done before we , we close and I 'm not gon na look up all the references , because your get them for next week any way in , in the house group , but , now , now in a sense it 's difficult to understand to take all this in after all his God and were people , how do we understand Jesus , it 's , it 's difficult , however knowing something about them does help us to understand something important , it helps us to understand what happened when Jesus ascended , when he went back to heaven , you see when Jesus arose from the earth the , the disciples who watch him it says there in Acts chapter one , they saw him go up in to the heaven , up into you know in a cloud , have you ever thought what that really means what on earth was it , they saw him go up in a cloud , can you image a sort of great clouds coming and dropping down over the mountain top there and was suddenly whisking Jesus up and then watching Jesus going up in this cloud into the sky , I do n't really think it was quite like that , have you ever wonder why it was that Jesus went up in a cloud , you see what was he doing , he was n't beginning a journey to some far off place in the universe , some distant corner where God the father was , he was n't doing that at all , what do you think a cloud can you , give any suggestions of what a cloud might represent because very often a lot of some of the language in the bible is picture language and it , it , it speaks as something else , what do , what do you think a cloud , does any body have suggestions of what a cloud might speak to us about , or speak to us of , sorry , power yeah , any thing else |
| 14 | I must speak to you about this . ’ |
| 15 | I just thought I 'd come up and speak to you about that . |
| 16 | ‘ Can I speak to you about it this afternoon ? ’ |
| 17 | I just thought I 'd come up and speak to you about that . |
| 18 | For the next four years a great part of my time was spent in secret meditation upon this subject , I could not speak to anybody about it for fear of giving pain . |
| 19 | ‘ Do n't even joke to me about it . |
| 20 | You can explain to him about your system and he 'll put the books back where he found them . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I 'll explain to you about them later on . ’ |
| 22 | I 'll explain to you about the course , and the exams the rest of it . |
| 23 | ‘ Do n't bleat to me about fairness , ’ he rasped , his tone suddenly harsh . |
| 24 | Yeah no problem I 'll see Peter at work , I 'll , I 'll , I 'll pr er I will mention to him about it cos I was very impressed with , yes certainly I 'll mention it to him and er Alan , if he 's , if there 's a game on Saturday yes I 'll , I 'll I could mention it to him . |
| 25 | ‘ So do n't moan to me about your unhappy lot , Mama . |
| 26 | Given its urgency , I am surprised that the hon. Gentleman did not write to me about such a detailed case , which would have enabled me to deal with it earlier . |
| 27 | If the hon. Gentleman wishes to make a particular point about his locality , he should write to me about it and I shall ensure that account is taken of his views . |
| 28 | If he will write to me about it , I will look into it . |
| 29 | Who in God 's name would write to you about Lori ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Why do n't you write to us about it ? ’ |