Example sentences of "[adv prt] [conj] [verb] [pron] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | h he 's got a , he 's coming down from Edinburgh and he wants to call in and see me about something and I do n't know what because I 've only spoken to his secretary . |
| 2 | ‘ Sit down and tell me about it . ’ |
| 3 | I was gon na come over and see you about , about |
| 4 | But they 're they were all kind ladies and er the thing that they punished us with really was made of cardboard , like er , er a pointer or a stick , it was a pointer that they pointed to the board when they drew things on and told us about them , but sometimes boys By the way , boy sat with girl , at the desk with two in and er it was quite satisfactory , I do n't remember any other upset with being there th th th there were two sexes , we were five years of age to begin with and stayed till seven . |
| 5 | The singular virtue of action-research is that things could not be left at that — it was necessary to go on and do something about it all . |
| 6 | We know , even those of us who are still smoking know what the , what the problems are , let's get on and do something about it ! |
| 7 | My view is and it 's a widely held view within the association and , and the informed clubs is that if we let that situation go on and do nothing about it we will have a decreasing er number of people going and number of people going sailing . |
| 8 | He wants to get out of that office , get out into the areas , find out what is going on and do something about the problem , or I will kick his backside for him . |
| 9 | He explained about the year off and told her about hitchhiking to Greece to sleep on beaches beneath the Mediterranean sky . |
| 10 | Mrs Mrs rang me up and ask me about the one |
| 11 | and she 's never rung up and said anything about the shirts and trousers , |
| 12 | Er I 'd just like one to call up and tell me about their pay . |
| 13 | How many times shall I stand up and lecture them about Highfield , I do n't know . |
| 14 | Do n't waste another night , she said ; if there is somebody here you want then you go right up and tell him about it , you just tell him , because he may not be here tomorrow night . |
| 15 | But er I wish some of the other tenants in this block would back me up and do something about it , but nobody will ! |
| 16 | After Arthur read that paralysing codswallop , the piece of business became impossible and it was only after Fred rang him up and ribbed him about it that he could manage to get the thing off his head again . |
| 17 | ‘ Anyway , look it up and minute me about it , will you ? |
| 18 | But I 'll go up and see him about it , talk to him and explain . |
| 19 | ‘ See if she 's put the fire out and done anything about that Martello tower holiday . ’ |
| 20 | There were anonymous letters to my parents , postmarked Chippenham , Corsham , Bath and London , telling them to watch out and do something about their son or there would be trouble for them . |
| 21 | So you actually go out and do something about |
| 22 | Then Howard sits back and tells them about the terrible balls-up he made of his arrival in the city . |
| 23 | As all Scots must have thought after Oslo : ‘ When you 've lost to Peru and Costa Rica , come back and see me about World Cup humiliation . ’ |
| 24 | I mean do n't be frightened to come back and see us about that |
| 25 | ‘ But I ca n't see Philip sitting back and doing nothing about it . |
| 26 | So what I 'm saying is erm I happen to think that the A L O stuff is some of the most valuable stuff that we do , it 's really one of the main ways forward and if we just sit back and do nothing about it it 's gon na just be wiped out at a a swipe . |
| 27 | It is I would suggest much easier to respond to the complaint in the line of service sir than it is in one round more complex technical services with contractors and sub contractors and the like , with whom we 've had to deal , so there is that to be borne in mind as well , erm I think I know about some of the response to be responded to that , but it does generally valuable this talk , this discussion cos it does show the degree of viability of exposing the service to , your making problems of this nature , it immediately challenges people to come back and say what about it , you promised this , you promised that and you 're not performing , this , this is discussion is a live example of the |
| 28 | Then he seemed to change the subject as he continued , ‘ You surely do n't think I plan just to sit around and do nothing about getting my speedboat back , not to mention my cousin ? |
| 29 | One takes twenty minutes which is Dr is taking them round and telling them about the Hall . |