Example sentences of "i [verb] [verb] [pron] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I believe that with the privileges that come to those who benefit most from the capitalist system there are obligations , and so the combination of that latter thought makes me want to do something about the inner cities , plus a revulsion at waste and hopelessness and dereliction and concern which is self-evident in some of these older towns and cities . |
| 2 | Finally I got to ask him about Claude Rains . |
| 3 | I bought her some lunch and while Werewolf flirted , I tried to pump her about Pegasus Farm and the operation there . |
| 4 | I tried to tell her about the horrible man on the doorstep but she would n't listen . |
| 5 | Before dealing with the many points raised by right hon. and hon. Members , I propose to say something about Wales but , before doing that , I should point out that I have never in my life before spoken from one doughnut to another . |
| 6 | I shall certainly do what I can to advance the matter , but I hesitate to say what about the paper , because I do n't think it is an easy thing to cover in a paper . |
| 7 | ’ I want to do something about it ! ’ declared Ellen Harker in thrilling tones . |
| 8 | I want to ask her about this issue . |
| 9 | I want to ask you about Jane Pargeter . ’ |
| 10 | I want to ask you about Chrissie Ashdown . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I want to ask you about her . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I want to ask you about Nefi . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I want to ask you about my Diary . ’ |
| 14 | Now on the management charge which is what I want to ask you about , cos that 's what you 've said in the brochure , on the management charge , did you deliberately set the management charge too low to hook the punters ? |
| 15 | Now I wan I want to ask you about that . |
| 16 | However before examining it I want to say something about the general response of community educators to the problems facing the working-class in N. Ireland . |
| 17 | Second I want to say a few words about the efforts that have been made in the last twelve months to increase the G M B's role in the building and civil engineering industries and third I want to say something about the present serious situation in the building industry pay talks . |
| 18 | I want to warn it about Mr Crangle s expedition . |
| 19 | On the last point that Les makes , I want to ensure him about this ; that when Horton run that boat business , that was a water-based business , it ran on the basis there were floats in the river and you stepped on to the float and you got onto a boat . |
| 20 | I 'm glad you called , " Lorne went on weirdly , " because I want to tell you about another new idea I 've gotten . |
| 21 | I want to have you about the house because I brought you a little souvenir from New York , only it may take a while to get it out of my suitcase . |
| 22 | ‘ Sorry , ’ said Jay , ‘ just I want to know everything about you . ’ |
| 23 | I want to know everything about your life out there . |
| 24 | ‘ I want to know everything about you . |
| 25 | And , with each scrap of information I unearthed about Tom Tunney , I seemed to forget something about myself . |
| 26 | Not that I 'd told them about Chris , but they 'd suspected . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | If I 'd told you about the entry earlier on it might have lulled you into a false sense of complacency . |
| 29 | I did n't want you to find the letter before I 'd told you about it . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I came to see you about some notes I sent your husband . |