Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pron] about [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But what most impresses you about this phenomenal piece of theatre is less its class affiliations than its national attributes : a drama of mutinous impulses crushed by an authoritarian social system is given consummate rendering by a cast who very triumphantly unite energy and discipline . |
| 2 | " Yes , we 'd better do something about that . " |
| 3 | ‘ So tell me about this Rose Bowl of yours , ’ he said , leaning back and signalling the waiter for another bottle of wine . |
| 4 | ‘ So tell me about this case of yours . ’ |
| 5 | They only tell you about that bit . |
| 6 | I think I 'd have to actually , should have perhaps warned you about this , but er , er , in point of fact , not too many people got this , I think there was one of two that got this wrong . |
| 7 | Yeah , he only shoved ten pence in to tell me about that giro . |
| 8 | We a we already asked him about that actually . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've not heard anything about this . ’ |
| 10 | I had not heard anything about these guys . |
| 11 | I myself did not know anything about this and having checked with Gillyan Ford and all Publicity Assistants , found that they too had had no previous indication of the requirement to scan adverts . |
| 12 | these be a bit user friendly , cor blimey , just cut it about all things down and put a chocolate strip in , plenty of room in the handle |
| 13 | Future generations of composers will damn our spinelessness if we do not do something about this proposal , and they will be right . |
| 14 | If the government is locked into a policy of expanding the money supply at some pre-announced rate it can not do anything about this possibly severe recession . |
| 15 | Why have the Government not done something about that ? |
| 16 | This girl just told me about this Polo factory outlet up near Canada … you can get a $200 knitted sweater for , like $20 — that 's outrageous ! ’ |
| 17 | Mitch looked stunned and she felt an incredible burst of guilt that she had not told him about this girl 's problem . |
| 18 | I ought to be in bed , he thought , not worrying myself about such things . |
| 19 | Have I already told you about that one ? |
| 20 | ‘ I expect they 've already told you about those . ’ |
| 21 | ( Actually , it is Oxford University Press , but we can be sure of this only because we already know something about this publisher . ) |
| 22 | Just tell them about this product , what it can do , and I assure you of the results . |
| 23 | Expressed in another way , in attributing existence to an entity one is not saying anything about that entity that has not already been said by naming it . |
| 24 | Faith did not tell me about this , you know , she would have realised how angry I should be . |
| 25 | ‘ The police have already asked us about this . |
| 26 | Now of what we 've been doing today with fractions was there any of it that you 're not quite sure of and you think , But could you just tell me about that bit again . |
| 27 | I 'll just tell you about this Can I just tell you about this just for a minute ? |
| 28 | I 'll just tell you about this Can I just tell you about this just for a minute ? |
| 29 | Now she 'd got to have a double punishment , still she would soon put it about that Elissia and Daryl had planted the spider in Mary- Lou 's desk . |
| 30 | But first a little bit of background , cos I 'm sure you 've all read through the the notice and details about me , but I 'll just remind you about some highlights . |