Example sentences of "the [noun pl] he had [vb pp] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had felt distress and pity for the sufferings he had seen about him , but they had not struck home to his heart as seeing McAllister brought so low had done . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ I just bet you have ! ’ she ground out , echoing the words he had used about her relationship with Tim Dunton earlier this morning . |
| 4 | She could not know the things he had discovered about himself in the last few days . |
| 5 | And she leaned forward , pulled his hands away from his face , placed her mouth on his in a kiss of such passion that they drowned in it , and then , with a sudden twist , she was away from him , out of the arms he had placed about her , running down the corridor towards the outer door . |