Example sentences of "had [verb] about the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And when , after the girl had gone , Laura had gazed about the chaotic-looking living-room , she 'd had to agree that it was n't up to her standards , either . |
| 2 | I had heard about the new economic empires of the East : Japan , Korea , Taiwan , Singapore , Malaysia … yet it was a surprise to realise how fast these giants are probing their tentacles deep into Sarawak 's ‘ Heart of Darkness ’ . |
| 3 | She had heard about the little boy Grégoire — Jean-Paul 's son , so people said . |
| 4 | If Richard had heard about the old Angevin claim when he began work on a castle within the political orbit of Châtellerault he probably thought it had long since lapsed . |
| 5 | He had heard about the Old Magic at University , although it was forbidden to wizards . |
| 6 | Thanks to American backing , they no longer had to worry about the small size of the British market , the limitations of the native cinematic culture or their responsibility to show Britain on the screen . |
| 7 | He did not care whether or not Gunhilda had ever made her profession : she had worn the habit ; she had seemed to understand what Anselm had said about the religious life . |
| 8 | She tried to remember what Mrs Hollidaye had said about the many different ways of being brave . |
| 9 | In view of what Marc had said about the next few days , Sarella was surprised when he sought her out before dinner . |
| 10 | Angus Maude , who had written about The Middle Classes and in 1983 was to become a life peer , lived in a nearby village , sent his children ( or at least his daughters ) to Banbury Grammar School and was an incisive critic of the contemporary changes in educational policy . |
| 11 | Flipping back through the pile of loose pages again , he looked for the words he had written about the dark-haired princess who had so generously , so openly acknowledged his presence , the girl to whom ( surely ) he would have been able to tell The Truth . |
| 12 | Sadness far the way he had felt about the old man blended with a sense that his childhood was irrecoverably lost , and the knowledge that the very past when it was in flight Lived , like the present , in continual death . |
| 13 | She stretched her hands out and warmed them thankfully , remembering those happier times when , as children , she and Mark had argued about the best way to light a fire , had helped their mother after many disheartening attempts with damp wood and wet coal . |
| 14 | One thing that I had grasped about the whole business was that we were going to live in a country area where there would be lots of wildlife , and I had heard of King Arthur , of course . |
| 15 | But not even Michael had known about the other sum — smaller , but just as regular — that Holdfast had dourly diverted to the fighters on his own side of the great divide . |
| 16 | Bird Jr denied Colombian suggestions that he had known about the 1989 shipment , but he admitted having had discussions with a former Israeli army officer who had plans to establish a business in Antigua . |
| 17 | But , of course , she had known about the sadistic part . |
| 18 | They had been working together , and she had asked about the following day . |
| 19 | For many years serious and respectable citizens had worried about the new masses but now at least entrepreneurs and businessmen were able to offer them every service , every distraction , and every entertainment that their wages allowed . |
| 20 | The amount of RNA synthesized was unrelated to motor activity or any measure of stress that we could identify ( for instance how much the birds peeped or twittered ) , but it was strongly correlated with their preference score ; that is , the more the chicks had learned about the flashing light and preferred it to any alternative , the more RNA was synthesized in their forebrain roof . |
| 21 | Calming down , Loretta outlined what she had discovered about the dead man . |
| 22 | A dépot des archives was set up in 1688 ; while the Marquis de Torcy ( Louis 's last Foreign Minister ) had begun about the same time the creation of a rudimentary Press bureau . |
| 23 | I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for what he had to say about the European Community . |
| 24 | I was interested to read what you had to say about the safest types of bedding for babies on the Solutions page in your August issue . |
| 25 | Will my right hon. Friend confirm that if he or my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Employment had a meeting with business leaders to discuss the policy of the minimum wage , they would tell both the House and the country what business leaders had to say about the damaging effect on jobs that such a minimum wage would have ? |
| 26 | The rough had ended the hopes of many an illustrious name : defending champion Sandy Lyle , Tom Watson , who , like Ballesteros had complained about the narrow fairways and deep dune grass fringing them , and Craig Stadler , who shot an 82 and then pulled out of the tournament with a sprained wrist . |
| 27 | Dad had complained about the threatening telephone call and no action had been taken ; but the man had obviously reported Russell to the police and here they were in force to arrest him . |
| 28 | I had read about the proposed rock 'n' roll evening in the newsletter and thought ‘ that would be a laugh , wonder if I could persuade to go ? ’ |