Example sentences of "be [verb] i about " in BNC.
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1 | But Forest manager Clough , already upset with his team 's disappointing start , yesterday declared : ‘ Both players have been to see me about new contracts but they 're not getting them . |
2 | My hon. Friend has been to see me about this matter with a group of colleagues . |
3 | Er the N F U representative for Nottinghamshire , based in Stanford has been to see me about it |
4 | Er has been to see me about it , but I 've said that the initiative for farm watch has got to come from them , I said , we 're not gon na stand up and draw up a load of support and expect us to service the damn thing , I said it 's up to you and your members to do it , and I still think he 's trying to get us to do it via the back door , He 's been to talk to me now about it , and I 've told him exactly what I want to do and that we we 'll be involved , but it ai n't gon na be a police run scheme , it 's gon na be a farmer 's run scheme with police support locally . |
5 | My daughter , my grandkids hurt , and you 've been quizzing me about some job years ago that did n't even involve me ! , |
6 | When we went , it was really funny , when we went to do the , the talk erm , afterwards when we were all sort of getting together and having a chat , they 're telling me about , they do artificial , they artificial inseminate pigs |
7 | And are these , all these peop people you 're telling me about they would just walk around and sleep wherever they could ? |
8 | ‘ You were tellin' me about this ‘ she ’ , ’ urged Andra with relish . |
9 | They put the ideas together and I suddenly became aware that they were teaching me about substitutionary atonement . |
10 | This may seem a minor disagreement , but if you were to question me about Panofsky , I would have to say that the disagreement was just the tip of the iceberg . |
11 | At the time , people felt they had secure jobs er in the M O D and the dockyard and so people accepted that with pensions and everything that goes with that sort of secure job , now of course the whole situation is enormously diff different and I was saying to , I have some French people staying with me this morning and I was , they were asking me about wages and I was saying to my daughter who works er on a Thursday evening in the local Sainsburys , earns more per hour than a friend of mine , well two friends of mine , one of whom is a carpenter , a fully qualified carpenter and the other is a motor mechanic , and that 's an indication of the sort of level of wages that people are paid in this area . |
12 | ‘ Yes , I was down there because they were questioning me about some old clothes . |
13 | ‘ By the way Bill , ’ Yanto turned enquiringly , ‘ has Bert Midgeley still got that motorbike combination you were telling me about ? ’ |
14 | Louise , you were telling me about Roger Clarke . |
15 | " What was it you were telling me about Cowslip ? |
16 | You were telling me about your husband . ’ |
17 | And so you were telling me about the twenty six strike . |
18 | Is it you were telling me about you you you caught kids sniffing methane was it ? |
19 | Erm you were telling me about religion about the fact that you went to church . |
20 | You were telling me about your uncle . |
21 | ‘ You were telling me about a party . ’ |
22 | You were telling me about the common lodging houses . |
23 | Anyway , you were telling me about meals . |
24 | DIRECTOR Terence Young has been telling me about his new film project — a suspense movie , Metal Tree , starring close friend Brooke Shields . |
25 | JOHN Mortimer has been telling me about his first ever speaking role in Rumpole of the Bailey , his popular television series . |
26 | MODEL Sophia Berggren has been telling me about the unusual special effects used for her current Clairol hair colouring advertisement . |
27 | ANNA Bergman has been telling me about her best Christmas present — a reconciliation with her father , Swedish film director Ingmar . |
28 | ‘ Stuart 's been telling me about you . ’ |
29 | Now go and relax in your dressing-room for a little while — try a few of those deep-breathing exercises you 've been telling me about . |
30 | Marie has been telling me about her . |