Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [verb] about the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his kind remarks about the work of the Select Committee on European legislation made during the debate on 21 November . |
| 2 | That he takes his job seriously is borne out by his willingness to worry about the Higgs boson . |
| 3 | The monotonous motion of his arm released his mind to think about the discovery in the shed . |
| 4 | Graham has already complained in his programme notes about the lack of support at Highbury — yesterday the fans hit back . |
| 5 | A. H. Halsey , David Donnison , John Vaizey , Noel Annan , and Michael Young were among those whom he invited to his home to argue about the strategies and , but only after they had worked , to enjoy his hospitality : ‘ People become much too talkative if you give them something to drink . ’ |
| 6 | He had thought that he might slip in for a quick snack that would keep body and soul together before he went back to his room to brood about the situation that he had handled so badly . |
| 7 | Suppose an intrepid astronaut on the surface of the collapsing star , collapsing inward with it , sent a signal every second , according to his watch , to his spaceship orbiting about the star . |
| 8 | When the film used some footage of his wife moving about the cottage , he felt as if he had been given a reprieve . |
| 9 | And Duke William , they tell me , is being kept too busy hanging on to his dukedom to worry about the crown he 's been promised . ’ |
| 10 | Good to see United taken down a peg or two last evening , though it was nausating hearing that swarmy bastard Armfield and his accomplice talking about the scum in such glowing terms . |
| 11 | Aziz spent most of his time skulking about the corridors , snarling at people or banging his pail loudly immediately before and immediately after daily prayers . |
| 12 | Seb could have gone to the Hankses ' cottage and perhaps worked on his learning with Carrie , but that would have meant paying a visit to Anna in her sick room and listening to his mother chatting about the plans for the wedding . |
| 13 | Kate left his office wondering about the hand of fate . |