Example sentences of "with [pers pn] about [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That was before she got cross with me about her underclothes . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ He wanted to have a word with me about our engagement — yours and mine , that is . ’ |
| 3 | The Church of Scotland audio-visual team filmed an interview with me about our methods , and too late I realised they were making a film about ‘ groups ’ , whereas I maintain that it is because we are not a group that we succeed . |
| 4 | Finally , one would think that in the interest of scholarship and fair-mindedness Bernard would have made contact with me about his allegation , if , indeed , his motivation was untainted . |
| 5 | I do n't know why , but it seemed important to me to establish that we have n't any fuse-boxes ( and indeed we have n't ) , but she would n't allow this and was quite stern with me about it as if I were deliberately lying to her . |
| 6 | ‘ Some of the guys at work have joked with me about it , so now I 'm thinking maybe I should cash in on it . ’ |
| 7 | Magwitch 's thick wallet was handed over to the police , and Wemmick was quite annoyed with me about it . |
| 8 | D' you know that guy comes into my office about twice a day and perches on my desk like a bird of ill omen all ready to commiserate with me about my wretched lot ? |
| 9 | They reassured Pamela that they did trust her , but added that they hoped she would feel more able to be open with them about her social life . |
| 10 | They had seen enough of their father drunk and there had been a terrible scene at Uncle Mick 's funeral when Denis got drunk and started arguing with them about their business practices . |
| 11 | talk with them about their feelings on drugs and solvents |
| 12 | Finally , residential workers have an important part to play not only in standing by young people , but also in communicating with them about their experiences and in helping them to explain and discover meaning in their lives . |
| 13 | ‘ Jeff told me he 'd had a word with you about me and told you I had lots of experience teaching English to foreign students and that you wanted me to come and do the job . ’ |
| 14 | ABBERLEY : I 'm furious with you about her teeth . |
| 15 | And right now there are computing systems in which , with which you can have a conversation , and you can use relatively sloppy English , and , like a person , if the computer does n't know exactly what you mean , because your words are ambiguous , it will offer you several alternative interpretations erm if it has formed some , and then have a dialogue with you about which one you meant . |
| 16 | My other reason was that I wanted to have an opportunity for a more leisurely chat with you about your future . ’ |
| 17 | but because I know you can do it I can say you another one to one conversation with you about it , but basically you 're no way near to guide the customer you 're in there to sell the customer |
| 18 | ‘ I ca n't talk seriously with her about me being perceived as a ‘ heart-throb ’ — she does n't even watch Lovejoy all the time . |
| 19 | It 's just that there were some things I needed to clear up with her about her husband 's estate . |
| 20 | When Alice was sixteen her mother , angry with her about something , said in a fury , ‘ You need n't think being good looking is going to be an advantage in life . |
| 21 | He was very honest with her about his wife . |
| 22 | As Minton 's letters reveal , he chatted with her about his visits to Bristol to make advertisement drawings for the Imperial Smelting Corporation ( Colour Plate VII ) , about Michael Ayrton 's ‘ maddening ’ article , ‘ Picasso , Master of Pastiche ’ in Penguin New Writing and about Geoffrey Grigson 's Samuel Palmer : the Visionary Years which the students at Camberwell gave him when he left in December 1947 : What is absent in Minton 's letters to Edie Lamont is any hint of his riotous social life . |
| 23 | My mum knows I 'm a prostitute , I was very straight with her about it . |
| 24 | We met mainly at meals , which I enjoyed , not only because I liked her and could still indulge myself foolishly and talk with her about our special patient in Marcus , but also as Daisy , being so near the end of her training , had several friends amongst the staff nurses . |
| 25 | This revolutionary conclusion , which is perhaps the most important for the general reader of The Origin , is one easily supported by modern anthropologists although they might disagree with him about what exactly will happen when the change comes or even whether this kind of change can be predicted . |
| 26 | Of course Alison was not ‘ living in ’ the house , but was often there visiting Patrick ( her help as a nurse was no longer required ) , joining Jack in his studio ( where she talked with him about his work ) , or chatting with him and Franca in the drawing room or kitchen before departing with Jack to a restaurant and taking him on to her flat for the night . |
| 27 | Caesar used an interpreter in his formal meeting with him about his brother Dumnorix ( B.G. 1.19 ) . |
| 28 | Jimmy grinned — at any other time Leith might have had a quiet word with him about his cheek . |
| 29 | Before I could get to talk with him about it , somebody else shot him . |
| 30 | Er the young chap then came down stairs and He 's says , I 'm having dinner with er I forget what the surgeon 's name was now , he says er , I 'll have a word with him about it . |