Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] about [pers pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Schellenberg brooded about it for a moment .
2 Neil Spencer wrote about it in the New Musical Express beneath the headline ‘ Do n't Look Over Your Shoulder , But The Sex Pistols Are Coming . ’
3 Hammond looked about him at the bare white walls , then nodded .
4 Carrie looked about her at the crackling fire and a fair semblance of tidiness in the kitchen .
5 Fred thought about it for a few seconds .
6 Harry looked about him at the comfortable disorder of the place , which was not at all like the spick and span home Ann had made for him .
7 Lydia thought about it for a while , before she spoke .
8 Karr looked about him at the carnage , then turned , facing Ebert .
9 His posting to Pembroke Dock , then commanded by Wg Cdr A. T. Harris , was a meeting of great minds and it is interesting to recall what Harris said about him in the early thirties , and later in the war years : " he was , and still is , the most efficient airman I have ever met " .
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