Example sentences of "have [be] [v-ing] him about " in BNC.
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1 | I suppose it came into my room for a few minutes to see a book I 'd been telling him about , then he left and I hit the sack . |
2 | A member of the group mentioned that an uncle of his , a retired coal miner , had been telling him about Highlander , and it was suggested that Highlander might be willing to help in some way . |
3 | He commented on how much nicer towards him the family seemed to be , including Michael , who had been telling him about his own problems at work . |
4 | The country was beckoning again , and his friend van Rappard had been telling him about Drenthe , a remote moorland region in the north of Holland which was starting to attract artists . |
5 | She had been asking him about the little wooden cities which adorned the shelves in her room . |