Example sentences of "had [vb pp] [pron] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eleven years on the Ratcliff Highway beat had taught him about Sids . |
| 2 | Because I had taught him about it you know , from coming from . |
| 3 | He had formulated these principles on several occasions in the past , not least when monks had consulted him about accepting ecclesiastical promotion . |
| 4 | Really , I had heard something about him being involved in some ‘ group ’ . |
| 5 | I had heard something about it once or seen it on a map , but I could remember nothing definite . |
| 6 | My parents both died before I left the School of Italian Studies so I had heard nothing about my family for over ten years . |
| 7 | Taking the first fortnight as a whole , four-fifths of voters had heard nothing about their local Conservative , Labour , and Alliance candidates but that figure dropped to little more than half in the second fortnight . |
| 8 | He remembered a conversation he 'd once had with his brother , who had teased him about his interest in the works of Elinor Dove . |
| 9 | The details are too uncertain for any useful discussion , but the meaning of the episode is that about 200 B.C. one Roman writer had deluded himself about his chances of importing fifth-century Athenian freedom of speech into Rome ( Cic . |
| 10 | Ahead of them , Balor was lying on the ground and they saw that the Tree Spirits had grouped themselves about him , rather in the manner of people arranging themselves to watch some entertainment , or hear some kind of cause being pleaded . |
| 11 | She was in a mindless world where she had forgotten everything about why he was there , mindless that not half an hour ago she had thought him the most hateful of men when , abruptly , shatteringly , he suddenly stilled . |
| 12 | Brian refused to reveal who had approached him about the royal job . |
| 13 | Saatchi approach : Southeastern Asset Management , which owns 10.2 per cent of Saatchi & Saatchi , said one or more parties had approached it about a possible restructuring of the advertising group . |
| 14 | Pearce 's words when the six policemen had vanished had reminded him about Jimmy Devlin and his bizarre story of what had happened two years ago . |
| 15 | She 'd been close to panicking when Jeff had phoned her about the Sardinia stint . |
| 16 | He looked at his watch , suddenly remembering his mother would be home and he had done nothing about supper . |
| 17 | She was behind with the rent , the timber merchant had given her notice , but she had done nothing about it — what could she do ? |
| 18 | As long ago as 1172 Henry II had promised to mount a crusade and ever since then he had done nothing about it — though he had given a good deal of financial aid to the stricken kingdom . |
| 19 | If so they had done nothing about it . |
| 20 | But her own perspective was different : Durance had told Joseph that Leary was living nearby but Joseph had done nothing about contacting his old friend until he needed an alibi for the night of the murder . |
| 21 | She had toyed with the idea of doing volunteer work with the homeless , but had done nothing about it . |
| 22 | She had been right , and she had done nothing about it ! |
| 23 | ‘ They all knew they wanted to do it right away and by the next day had done something about it , ’ Chay Blyth remarks . |
| 24 | On 27 June 1969 homosexuals had done something about such designations . |
| 25 | In 1977 ( more or less as in 1969 ) only 12 per cent had considered this , and only a very small proportion of these had done anything about trying to get some type of credit not actually used in the end by them . |
| 26 | I wished I had said nothing about Jordi . |
| 27 | She asked why I had said nothing about that accident on the bypass , or seeing Old Red and General Francis on my holiday . |
| 28 | Ben had said nothing about going into town . |
| 29 | When Sarah told her that he had been offered and refused a foreman 's job , Anne was bitterly angry that he had said nothing about it when they met the previous evening , but now she was unable to resist saying , ‘ Yes , that would be great , ’ as coolly as possible . |
| 30 | It was all very well to remind herself that she and William were individuals who gloried in their independence , and that he had said nothing about getting in touch or when he would be back . |