Example sentences of "about [pers pn] [be] that he " in BNC.

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1 The interesting thing about him is that he was one of those people who always turn out to be lucky no matter what they do .
2 All I can tell you about him is that he was an ensign flying a Catalina aircraft in England thirty-two years ago . ’
3 ‘ The great thing about him is that he can fight in and out of the trenches .
4 ‘ The great thing about him is that he always wants the ball and always wants to use it .
5 ‘ I think what came across most strongly about him is that he 's such a charming and pleasant person , ’ Dominic says of Justin .
6 I 've only been in Dick 's flat once and the most interesting thing I 've gleaned about him is that he never uses washing-up liquid and he has a rather interesting pile of yellowing press cuttings sitting on a shelf .
7 She realised that the strange thing about him was that he was not drunk .
8 All I knew about him was that he was someone who belonged to Jean-Claude 's past , and that Jean-Claude was indebted to him .
9 What is striking about it is that he is the first Anglo-Saxon king known to have abdicated to go to Rome and that he went to Rome not as a baptized Christian but to seek baptism .
10 ‘ One of the odd things about it is that he was wearing brand-new clothes , ’ he added .
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