Example sentences of "about he [conj] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | He stared at her , and there was an arrogance about him that made her shiver . |
| 2 | There was a Puritan austerity about him that made one doubt whether he ever enjoyed anything at all . |
| 3 | He was never going to be Pavarotti , but there was something about him that made him great . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ There was something about him that made me know he was the best revue star we had . ’ |
| 5 | With a feeling of despair she knew there was altogether too much about him that attracted her , that made her want to respond . |
| 6 | Tall , lean-hipped and broad-shouldered , he seemed to tower over everyone else , and once again there was that air of casual elegance about him that had her looking him over with her heart in her mouth . |
| 7 | There was something about him that set him apart from the other men in the room . |
| 8 | His shoulders were tense and there was an air of waiting about him that troubled her . |
| 9 | ‘ And Mrs McDougall told you something about him that changed your minds ? ’ |
| 10 | There was too much of the outlaw about him that held its own fascination . |
| 11 | Strawberry came through the hedge by the crabapple tree , looked about him and made his way to Hazel . |
| 12 | She did n't envy anyone really ; but it would have been nice to have had a father , or at least to be able to remember him , and no matter how often her mother spoke about him and told her what he was like , there was a sort of emptiness inside her , and she was beginning to think there always would be There was a day in September which her mother kept special to remember her father . |
| 13 | He related some good anecdotes about him and told us that although the admiral had been killed in August , he had already chosen and wrapped up the Royal Family 's Christmas presents and — even more remarkable — had already chosen and wrapped up Prince Edward 's twenty-first birthday present , then six years away . |
| 14 | So he 'll be glad to know that she thought about him and wanted him to know it . ’ |
| 15 | Her thin lips clasped tight together , fearing any sound might betray her , she hooked her legs about him and pulled him further and further into her . |