Example sentences of "about [pers pn] was the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The thing that struck one about him was the fantastic charisma and this bright-eyed determination , which he has maintained to this very day , ’ recalled Graham . |
| 2 | The only thing I did not like about her was the flat ballerina-style slippers she always wore , to reduce her height I think , because she was taller than you . |
| 3 | What to do about it was the other half , and there McGeechan and his fellow coaches excelled . |
| 4 | First I mind about it was the first zeppelin that came over . |
| 5 | It was about it was the same as I 'd probably got if I 'd have gone to the pit at fourteen . . |
| 6 | The only contrived thing about it was the initial impulse , which interpreted the New Testament injunction to deny self as to ‘ live without an image of the self ’ . |
| 7 | I was walking my dog right through the common and this great big black fat hairy man came along and sharpened his great big long tool into , into this cattle , the bad thing about it was the fucking cow exploded |