Example sentences of "[verb] about him [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Who cared about him to the depths of her soul , even though he was , in his own mind , completely underserving of her love . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Andrew sat down on the corner of the bed , his aged and baggy trousers flaring about him like the leggings of a geriatric Zouave . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ He strongly disagrees with what was said about him by the Accounts Commission , ’ Mr Tait added . |
| 8 | ‘ Bring a horse , ’ said Hotspur , rearing up fiercely and looking about him for the nearest serviceable squire , ‘ and get him on to it . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | All this time Marcus was standing , now more upright , looking about him at the various speakers , with an interested air . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Tuan Ti Fo turned , looking about him at the simple order of his room . |
| 15 | Looking about him at the others , Christian said , ‘ There ! |
| 16 | This fellow Simon , you read about him in a few verses earlier , he was a , he was a magician , a so , er a sorcerer , he was the , the wi the witch doctor if you like , if he was in i i in an African situation , there he was , he was the medicine man of the town , of the area and he too believed and was converted , he was baptized , and he was amazed at the miracles that he 'd seen being performed by Philip through the power of God . |
| 17 | A blanket wrapped about him against the cold , his bravest warriors at his flanks , Joseph rides out to make peace with Generals Miles and Howard , and their officers , in the Bear Paws Mountains , 5th October 1877 . |
| 18 | And the shape Aldhelm would present was that of a man young by his step and pace , in a dun-coloured cloak wrapped about him against the rain , and with the pointed hood drawn up over his head . |
| 19 | The thing I remember about him as an engineer was that we used to get these forms that told you each week who you were going to be working on , what the line-up was , and I saw this thing and it said David Bowie , Studio Two . |
| 20 | Noah 's knowledge of the law applicable to gipsies surprised Arnold Peck , but now he glanced about him at the listening gipsies . |
| 21 | People talk about him in the pub on Sundays . |
| 22 | It is a paradox that very little is known about him as a person ; although he was respected by the men , he kept his distance . |
| 23 | I remember reading about him in the Standard . ’ |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | He all but bumped into the couple , but , just in time , he arrested his progress , drew back , seemed , for an instant , to seek for oxygen as if he had emerged from some physical deep of ocean , looked about him at the mundane world he had re-entered and then , with rapid dignity , collected himself . |
| 26 | All this , ’ he looked about him at the books and paintings and machines , ‘ it speaks of a love of knowledge . ’ |
| 27 | Li Shai Tung let the remote drift slowly towards the starship and sat back , one hand smoothing through his long beard while he looked about him at the faces of his fellow T'ang . |
| 28 | He looked about him at the decoration of the study . |
| 29 | Karr looked about him at the carnage , then turned , facing Ebert . |
| 30 | Hammond looked about him at the bare white walls , then nodded . |