Example sentences of "[v-ing] about him [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Andrew sat down on the corner of the bed , his aged and baggy trousers flaring about him like the leggings of a geriatric Zouave . |
| 2 | Looking about him at the others , Christian said , ‘ There ! |
| 3 | I remember reading about him in the Standard . ’ |
| 4 | Tattling about him over the teacups . |
| 5 | Talking about him with the others , I did find out that several other people had had the same experience with him as me ; that his lovemaking was done in silence , that he never said a word ( in fact with me he hardly looked me in the eye either , just stared at his own hands as he moved them over my body , not stroking so much as seizing and kneading me , holding me down too ) ; but then later in the night you would wake to hear him talking to himself , lying there fast asleep ( O always asked the men he fucked to stay with him all night long , always ) , fast asleep and talking out loud in the night , talking in a fast , furious , hushed , hollow voice . |