Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [verb] [pron] about the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried to tell her about the horrible man on the doorstep but she would n't listen . |
| 2 | They 've given me a major interrogation — I 'd told you about the Englishman — that 's what I should have been working on , not an idiot fire . |
| 3 | If I 'd told you about the entry earlier on it might have lulled you into a false sense of complacency . |
| 4 | Mr Connon when I arrived told me about the letter Jenny received and also about your warning to him that there might be phone calls also . |
| 5 | Erm I meant to ask you about the inside of the the coffin was that plain white material or was it did it have this u pattern on it as well . |
| 6 | Even at the age of about 13 I 'd be guided only by people who I thought knew something about the game , and who were not thing to stitch me up-I was always thinking people were trying to stitch me up for some reason . |
| 7 | I mean I did ask you about the outstanding bills and loans whereas if we 'd 've been doing the thing properly we 'd 've gone through that |
| 8 | See why I had to remind her about the driving license ? |
| 9 | Then I had to tell her about the visit — about most of it — from Sergia and her cohorts . |
| 10 | I was afraid to speak to these important people but I had to tell them about the danger . |
| 11 | I had to tell you about the risk , but I 've done this operation on bitches who were older than Sandy , and they were all successful . ’ |
| 12 | Why had she nearly fainted when I had told her about the letter ? |
| 13 | I had learned something about the protest vote . |
| 14 | When I spoke I made it clear that I intended to do something about the position of the ‘ early leavers ’ and that I thought it right that people should not suffer if they transferred their pension from one job to another . |
| 15 | I wanted to ask him about the room , if anyone has cancelled . |
| 16 | I wanted to ask you about the furniture . |
| 17 | erm , now , and erm , anyway I refused to say anything about the |
| 18 | They had interviewed a man from Bombay who claimed to have a degree in physics but turned out to be a defrocked dentist , and they had nearly offered a job to a man from Sri Lanka who seemed to know everything about the school apart from the fact that it was supposed to be for Muslims . |
| 19 | She was in a fairly emotional state , in that she 'd known nothing about the wedding , wondered why she had n't been told , and demanded the time and location of the ceremony . |
| 20 | She 'd told him about the looks aimed at her by Adam 's teachers . |
| 21 | Through the crowd round the barrels William saw the priest who 'd officiated at the funeral and who 'd asked him about the hymns . |
| 22 | She wondered if she dared ask him about the coccolith and God . |
| 23 | She had asked him about the planet . |
| 24 | Memories came rushing back of the night when Johnny had described this room ; the night she had told him about the time hiccup . |
| 25 | Brian refused to reveal who had approached him about the royal job . |
| 26 | Mr Major got off to a stickier start with President Mitterrand , who neglected to tell him about the Gulf peace plan that France was about to launch in mid-January . |
| 27 | ‘ That 's right , ’ she kept saying to herself I was glad you had warned me about the Rent Restriction Act , because it began as soon as I arrived . |
| 28 | It was right at the very beginning when you had to ask him about the introduction , I thought you were going straight off from the business card and all the rest of it and what you actually had was your C C Q in front of you because it took you all that time to get round to it . |
| 29 | She wanted to say that not only was that ridiculous but it was dangerous , she wanted to tell him about the frightening minutes in the maze of old Nice . |
| 30 | And we tried to do something about the problem of alcoholism and prostitution in the area by getting the bars and brothels registered with the local government . |