Example sentences of "about something that [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a very long story about him and Donald in the Rose and Thorn , a short , rather vulgar anecdote about something that had happened to Donald 's wife while crossing Wimbledon Common and a boastful piece about how he , Henry , had amused some French sailors in the bar at the Mini Golf , Boulogne sur Mer . |
| 2 | The other day I was telling her about something that had happened , crying as I told the story , and she started crying too . |
| 3 | Some kind of garbled nonsense over the phone about something that had happened while you were robbing the place . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Frank would be having a conversation with someone , ’ said Allen , ‘ and , halfway through , he would talk about something that had absolutely nothing to do with it . ’ |
| 5 | In order to talk about something that did not have to do with fondling and stroking she spoke of the garments . |
| 6 | ‘ Let's not argue about something that happened over thirty years ago , ’ Adam said finally . |
| 7 | They do n't haunt because they want to wring their hands and wail about something that happened hundreds of years ago . |
| 8 | The star of the Professionals went on : ‘ Why you want to write about something that happened in 1977 I do n't know . |