Example sentences of "[v-ing] about him [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Yet , I am not writing about him for the above reasons , it 's rather on account of an unlikely weakness of his than for one of his many strengths .
2 He was absolutely worshipped by all disinterested persons at G.Q.G. When he entered the hotel , tapping the floor with his stick and looking about him with the mischievous and bright glances of a boy , every one came up to him instinctively , only too pleased to see him .
3 He was strolling down the steep narrow street towards the sea , his hands deep in his pockets and his shirt open at the throat , very pale and Londonish , looking about him with the fond , proprietorial air of an Englishman returning to a favourite spot abroad .
4 All this time Marcus was standing , now more upright , looking about him at the various speakers , with an interested air .
5 Tuan Ti Fo turned , looking about him at the simple order of his room .
6 Looking about him at the great press of people , the escalator that was a river of people flowing on and on , the crowds that streamed down the stairs so that if a train was held up there would be room for no more to squeeze on to the platform , he wondered why a terrorist group had never thought of putting a bomb in the tube .
7 He glanced back at her , then turned away , looking about him at the cluttered floor , the smoke-blackened walls , the broken ceiling of the room he was in .
8 They stopped saying , you know , would you buy a used car from this man and started talking about him as the international peacemaker .
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