Talk:Movement paradox

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Relative clause as noun equivalent

I know that a relative clause can function as the object of a preposition ("[that she wasted paper] displeased me"), but "we talked about [that he was sick] for days" doesn't sound any more or less natural than "[that he was sick] we talked about for days." Both of them sound fishy and unnatural. Is there a more natural example that could go there instead?