Example sentences of "about his [noun sg] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | Along with Clary , however , Merton tends towards discussions about his auntie 's table napkins rather than cracking a string of Stalinist corkers . |
| 2 | Gavin Laird , the general secretary of engineering union , the AEU , will be in Darlington on Saturday 8 February to talk about his union 's plans for a merger with electrician 's union EETPU . |
| 3 | When her father , a retired civil servant , asked her about his wife 's condition , she would reply : ‘ The same as usual . ’ |
| 4 | Another example of the importance of having time to say goodbye to the person who has died is that of a client I was working with who seemed quite unable to talk about his wife 's death and seemed totally unconcerned that she had died tragically . |
| 5 | After rhapsodising about his wife 's ‘ pert , piquant , oh so pliable private parts ’ , he casually inquires what she would think of him if he had breasts . |
| 6 | Nahum Morey was not at all happy about his wife 's attachment to the Foundling child . |
| 7 | Peter is most unhappy about his wife 's views on physical punishment and still more unhappy about the fact that she now expects him , as head of the household , to be the one who does the spanking . |
| 8 | He was distressed when they asked about his wife 's fidelity , and in her turn Mrs T was accused of infidelity as she was interrogated separately from her husband . |
| 9 | In the result they sought to rely on a very undefined rule of confidentiality that had recently been confirmed in relation to the suppression of memoirs by the Duke of Argyll about his wife 's life , and in one or two other very dissimilar instances . |
| 10 | The jury did not believe Evans 's story about his wife 's abortion , as there was no evidence of it . |
| 11 | Then the front door bell rang and while Rupert went to answer it a somewhat uneasy conversation started up between the two women and Everard Bone about his wife 's flu and the likelihood or not of his catching it from her . |
| 12 | Most of his days were spent huddled round over the fire and George knew that his parents were worried about his Uncle 's condition . |
| 13 | She went on the skiing holiday he had paid for and accepted his excuse about his daughter 's measles without a moment 's hesitation . |
| 14 | SHe could n't understand how , when he was clearly so wound up and frantic about his daughter 's development , he could stop himself from taking part in it . |
| 15 | SHOE repairer Alan Potts announced his good news in big letters after being inundated with inquiries about his daughter 's new baby . |
| 16 | Jimmy was talking to Wood 's gillie one night , asking him about his gentleman 's astonishing success with the small fly : ‘ Wee Blue Charm be damned . |
| 17 | They drank for a moment before Jordan returned to what really worried him about his boss 's handling of the case . |
| 18 | He knew all about his landlady 's ability to talk the hind-leg off a cockney donkey . |
| 19 | So his fears about his cousin 's strange hostility were , it seems , unfounded . |
| 20 | In the old days , when land was concentrated in the hands of the few , sensible rights of way were established between cottages tied to the Big House in order that Yeoman A could get to the pump shared with Yeoman B ; Yeoman B , hurrying about his master 's affairs , could cross Yeoman A's garden to get to the shed where the gaffer 's carts were kept . |
| 21 | Asked about his country 's likely reaction to an Israeli counter-strike , the Egyptian ambassador in Washington said simply , ‘ Do n't worry about us . ’ |
| 22 | To ask the Minister of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement about his Ministry 's contribution to the citizens charter . |
| 23 | He said he would hold talks with the BR board about his council 's continuing financial support . |
| 24 | Henry thought about his father-in-law 's funeral , as he placed the Chicken Thallium in the oven , and then checked his watch again . |
| 25 | The thing that worried Nigel most about his son 's affairs was that they made him feel randy . |
| 26 | It would have been very unusual for him to have known a fact like that about his son 's life and movements . |
| 27 | He had put his arm about Chen 's shoulders familiarly , like a father about his son 's . |
| 28 | Now Heathcliff would hear about his son 's arrival , which we had hoped to keep secret from him . |
| 29 | In a moment we 'll be speaking to him about his son 's plight , but first we go over to Switzerland where our reporter , John Marshall , has been following the story . |
| 30 | In the past week she had been arrested , charged with smuggling heroin , released on bail , learned how to sail a forty-foot yacht , and was now listening to the man she had fallen deeply and irrevocably in love with talk about his colleague 's connection with the most vicious and widespread criminal organisation in the world . |