Example sentences of "he [vb past] about [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now he laid about him in his denunciations of England 's political leaders and institutions . |
| 2 | In a way , this is just what he needed to make him realise how much he cared about me . ’ |
| 3 | Although they had known each other such a short time , she could sense that he cared about her . |
| 4 | ‘ I suppose it showed he cared about you . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Did you hear what he asked about you and me ? ’ |
| 6 | He asked about you , Kiah . |
| 7 | In the courtyard , frustrated , he gazed about him . |
| 8 | He did n't swing round but , his thoughts seeming to direct him , he moved slowly , turning a full circle , and he gazed about him , his eyes stretched wide . |
| 9 | The girl , who can not be named , told police that her stepfather had taunted her by saying he fantasised about her lying dead in a ditch , said prosecutor Robin Spencer , at Chester Crown Court . |
| 10 | He mused about it , as he hurried to the flat . |
| 11 | The Archbishop arrived in Munich between performances of La finta giardiniera , and although he was not to hear the work himself , he learnt about it from the Elector and his family : |
| 12 | As soon as he learnt about it Ted Bolton , the headmaster of the nearby secondary school , persuaded the farmer to allow his school children to clear the pavement . |
| 13 | I 've erm dad had a lot of old gardening to , tools up in er his shed when he was up but when we when dad retired he was going to erm take them , but he forgot about them |
| 14 | But when Marius felt better , he forgot about it … ’ |
| 15 | He straight out through the door he forgot about it |
| 16 | No he said he forgot about it quite quickly . |
| 17 | yeah , I would n't call that cheap oh there was summat on t' other day , Sunday , and I told him and he forgot about it did n't he ? , |
| 18 | I do n't think we even knew what the O stood for ; perhaps he lied about it . |
| 19 | That 's why he lied about it . |
| 20 | He looked at the bag , the shoes , the platinum watch and , more than anything , he sensed about her an air , almost repellent , of arrogance . |
| 21 | The fact that she had mentioned Nigger defused his excitement somewhat , but the more he heard about her , the more he ached to see her . |
| 22 | Charlie Allen of the CIA did not report it either , for a long time ; but he heard about it more than anyone else who was supposed not to know . |
| 23 | His face twisted as he glanced about him . |
| 24 | He glanced about him . |
| 25 | Noah 's knowledge of the law applicable to gipsies surprised Arnold Peck , but now he glanced about him at the listening gipsies . |
| 26 | And when he talked about you , which he did a lot , he positively glowed . ’ |
| 27 | On the other hand he was proud of what he was up to , and it was exciting and in a good cause ; so he talked about it . |
| 28 | Six years later , when he talked about it in his house in Basel , he still believed it , and with absolute conviction . |
| 29 | ‘ He talked about it , but … when you finally reach a position where you might get something done you usually tell yourself that you can do more by staying trying to soften the effects of a policy than walking out and being replaced by somebody who gobbles up the policy flavour-of-the-month . |
| 30 | They talked sex , the way he talked about it to many people with whom he grew close in a working relationship . |