Example sentences of "about [pron] that [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 I am going to say something about you that may shock you .
2 And they they you know if you 've got a bit of style and and maturity about you that will go down well .
3 But it 's well , ’ he said seriously , ‘ that you should have a token about you that will get you in to me or the prince at need , and stand you in good stead if ever you should fall foul unawares of any of his officers or mine .
4 Then you usually lie there just staring at the ceiling , thinking about everything that could go wrong .
5 He sits thinking about everything that could go wrong and I suppose it just eats him up . ’
6 Leslie was aware that most people " can not Read at all " , but said he had seen them in the streets " Gather together about one that can Read " and listen to a newspaper being read aloud .
7 He is not making a temporal point about something that must have happened ‘ in the beginning ’ — the first push .
8 After what that evil bastard did to me , you could n't possibly tell me anything about him that would make me more frightened of him than I already am . ’
9 ‘ I really just wanted to see somebody who had done some heinous crimes and find out if there was anything different about him that would throw light on demon possession , that type of thing , ’ he says .
10 ‘ Do n't you know anything else about her that might give you a lead ?
11 She knew that there were several personal matters about her that could arouse the man , and that it was better to be cautious .
12 So , while you may well have some trait or peculiarity about her that will give her a mark of distinction , this must be something that does not disqualify her from maximum general sympathy .
13 So how would we find an outside correspondence for jealousy , a way of writing about it that would make it real for the reader , so real that it puts him/her in touch with his/her own jealousy ?
14 Three things about myself that might get in the way of me being assertive are : Three things about myself that will help me reach my goals are :
15 Three things about myself that might get in the way of me being assertive are : Three things about myself that will help me reach my goals are :
16 I would like to share with you a burden for prayer as I feel it is only right that all Christians should know about anything that would deny us total freedom .
17 There was only one person to whom Jerome would be reporting with so much fervour ; Bénezet , naturally curious about anything that might serve his turn or redound to his profit , was not averse to picking up a few crumbs of useful information by the way .
18 Your parents are legally responsible for you and one of them ought to know about anything that might affect your health , either emotionally or physically .
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