Example sentences of "he [vb past] about the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the taxi driver spotted the police he asked about the goods but was told to keep driving . |
| 2 | Yes , he asked about the schools in the parish as well , and about the situation in and . |
| 3 | Some said he slept in his study while others believed he wandered about the corridors waiting to catch escaping pupils or those who had gone missing . |
| 4 | In a broadcast talk which he gave in the spring of 1941 , " Towards a Christian Britain " , he talked about the sacrifices which would be necessary to bring about such a national conversion , and the need for Christian " prophets " who would alter the social consciousness of the people . |
| 5 | Talking about Jack , it was how he talked about Bert , how he talked about the men with whom he had this particular relationship : admiring , dependent , you could say passive … but who was it now who set the pace , making Bert go to Ireland , making Jack take them ? |
| 6 | He thought about the words in the Book . |
| 7 | He just felt pleased when he thought about the kudos of pulling someone half his age or less . |
| 8 | He thought about the dogs in their holes under the snow , and listened to the wind over the house . |
| 9 | She waited as he pointed up the quay , bursting to ask how he knew about the Quakers , let alone where they met . |
| 10 | Lord Aldington was asked what he knew about the Yugoslavs who had been repatriated by the British Eight Army 's V Corps while he was chief of staff to its commander , General Sir Charles Keightley . |
| 11 | He enthused about the possibilities of using the technology for all sorts of other things . |
| 12 | He complained about the methods of art teaching of the day and the ‘ mannerism ’ used . |
| 13 | It was after that that he complained about the brakes to Morrison . ’ |
| 14 | He enquired about the uses of ancient hill-forts , and discoursed on the adaptation of antique buildings for military purposes — to wit , the Colosseum in Rome and the amphitheatre at Arles . |
| 15 | He spoke about the Jews in an Egyptian context , though the fragment preserved by Diodorus and quoted by Photius does not allow us to see the exact place of the Jewish excursus in the plan of his book . |
| 16 | And you know what he said about the girls ? |
| 17 | In 1778 he wrote about the buildings in Ambleside ‘ … with their projecting porch 's connecting galleries , beautifully formed chimneys and bold irregularities . ’ |
| 18 | As an afterthought , he explained about the ladies who must volunteer for the banqueting hall . |