Example sentences of "[verb] about him [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the stories I 'd read about him and heard about him from other caddies were true ! |
| 2 | While this internal argument reached its height , his superiors argued about him without his knowledge . |
| 3 | Who cared about him to the depths of her soul , even though he was , in his own mind , completely underserving of her love . |
| 4 | And in this instance , he is only too aware of the kind of judgements I may make about him as a child reader , and tailors his reply accordingly . |
| 5 | And Roger laid about him with his whip , and left the print of it on two of the rogues before they downed him and used the thong to bind him . |
| 6 | Now he laid about him in his denunciations of England 's political leaders and institutions . |
| 7 | A tall man who gazed about him as if not yet intimidated by what he saw . |
| 8 | Her father would joke about him to her when he 'd had a drink over much : ‘ Ready-made son you 've got now then , daughter , is it ? ’ he 'd say . |
| 9 | ( Just as she has never believed Christ existed until she read about him in Tacitus — an independent witness . ) |
| 10 | Andrew sat down on the corner of the bed , his aged and baggy trousers flaring about him like the leggings of a geriatric Zouave . |
| 11 | It is precisely such a person who can be brought lowest by the hateful things that may be reported about him in a court of law . |
| 12 | I 've been trying to write about him for weeks . ’ |
| 13 | And er I 've heard it mentioned about him on on on people who have interviewed him on television . |
| 14 | I had had to talk about him to someone to ease my mind . |
| 15 | I ought not to talk about him to you . |
| 16 | Sometimes , if they knew he behaved in that way , people would be unwilling to talk about him at all — for fear they would embarrass themselves by saying something sympathetic about a man they knew could just as easily assassinate their characters . |
| 17 | We which I would hope when will itemise the qualities and strengths of the child that you want to cover , like when we do personal statements or joint statements in the tenth and eleventh year that if the form teacher just ca n't write well Fred 's worked very well , he 's done extremely well in English we 'll actually start to talk about him as an individual and his strengths and weaknesses . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | In his introduction Norris acknowledges the difficulty of writing about him at all in such a context : |
| 20 | ‘ He strongly disagrees with what was said about him by the Accounts Commission , ’ Mr Tait added . |
| 21 | Hope once again went through the elaborate mechanism of lighting the pipe , looking about him for wind , but the day was utterly calm . |
| 22 | ‘ Bring a horse , ’ said Hotspur , rearing up fiercely and looking about him for the nearest serviceable squire , ‘ and get him on to it . |
| 23 | ‘ There must be many ways of making this place snugger , ’ argued Charles , looking about him with fresh eyes . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | All this time Marcus was standing , now more upright , looking about him at the various speakers , with an interested air . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Li Shai Tung sat back in his chair , looking about him at his fellow T'ang . |
| 30 | Tuan Ti Fo turned , looking about him at the simple order of his room . |