Example sentences of "and [pron] [verb] [pers pn] about the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tell the DI why ; I tell him about two more betrayals ; about the commanding officer who had let men die to cover up his own inadequacy ( or at least Andy believed he had , which was all that mattered ) , and I tell him about the locum doctor who could n't be bothered to attend a patient and then , when he eventually did pay a visit , just assumed her pain was something trivial . |
| 2 | and I told him about the , him taking the wagon off me , he said that 's bloody stupid that cos Nick used to do my run , work it out for me |
| 3 | That 's it yeah , and erm I was erm Wally and Gordon and he thinks there 's another couple you see , so I said well , you know , and I told him about the heater you see and he know , I said when people sitting on their backsides in committee making decisions , I said , you know , I said it just makes me bloody well annoyed , he said I know he said they do n't , they , they make the decisions and , but they do n't do the nitty gritty , they you know |
| 4 | She asked me about Mr Forster on the cruise and I told her about the salt . |
| 5 | And I told her about the timeslips , and how I had found myself back in her time . |
| 6 | And I told you about the garden going down to the river , did n't I ? ’ |
| 7 | and I interrupted you about the casual ward , so you did n't really finish that ? |
| 8 | But the last thing I wanted was them chasing Zaria and her telling them about the package she was posting . |
| 9 | And they go around er and you warn them about the erm the steep steps into the rooms because the oak is quite deep . |
| 10 | So when I came back to England , I consulted two elderly ladies , one a doctor , the other a spiritual medium , who work together , and who told me about the past lives I had had . |
| 11 | During an opera we had a lighting change and they misinformed me about the weights . |
| 12 | They talked to her about her ancestors , and about the Bright Palace which they called Teamhair in their soft voices , and they told her about the battles and the people who had made Ireland magical and marvellous and richer in folklore than any country could ever be . |
| 13 | I knew him as well , of course , so I contacted him and he told me about the trip . ’ |
| 14 | And he told me about the increased risk of late miscarriage with amniocentesis as well . ’ |
| 15 | So it , it , it 's a , it goes much beyond merely a kind of er , cliche , of saying , all people can be sometimes good or people can be sometimes bad , and it tells you about the specific way in which this th this comes about . |