Example sentences of "[was/were] [pron] [adj] about [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately there was nothing fictitious about the situation in which she now found herself — and one which she really must resolve as soon as possible . |
| 2 | Rune 's tone was casual , but there was nothing lazy about the way he leaned across the table towards her . |
| 3 | Wreckage analysis showed that there was nothing untoward about the airframe or engines , However comments were made about the avionics installation . |
| 4 | He showed how he planted the young trees in pot-holes where the soil was richer and she saw that after all there was nothing haphazard about the planting ; it had the symmetry of necessity . |
| 5 | Besides , other than tyre marks , there was nothing man-made about the track . |
| 6 | There was nothing airy-fairy about the way he wanted Carrie : he wanted to touch Carrie , he wanted to see her … |
| 7 | There was nothing tentative about the touch of his lips , either . |
| 8 | She had her underclothing beneath , of course , and the expensive silk was of such a luxuriously close weave that there was nothing immodest about the outfit . |
| 9 | He smiled almost gently , but there was nothing gentle about the glitter in his dark eyes as they ran over her from the smooth shining coil of her silver-blonde hair to the long slender legs encased in elegant sheer navy stockings . |
| 10 | While there was nothing extraordinary about the goal , Chapman turning in a free-kick Clough had driven through a crowd of players towards the near post , the reason the free-kick was awarded left Everton disgruntled . |
| 11 | While there was nothing extraordinary about the goal itself , Chapman turning the ball in at the near post after Clough had driven an indirect free-kick low through a crowd of players , the circumstances in which the kick had been given were a little odd and left Everton looking apoplectic . |
| 12 | There was nothing mysterious about the process by which a small but significant segment of the intelligentsia came to espouse the cause of a class to which they did not belong . |
| 13 | There was nothing magical about the choice . |
| 14 | There was nothing incongruous about the fact that the headmistress , Zoe Neill , was incapable of uttering a sentence which did not contain a word for excrement or a word for copulation . |
| 15 | Moreover , there was nothing egalitarian about the set-up and there was no expectation that the state would do much and interfere extensively in the " private " sphere of power and economic arrangements : these were seen as best left to the unseen hand of " impersonal " market forces . |
| 16 | There was nothing special about the halt : it had a signal cabin , about a dozen levers , and a pair of gates to allow carts to cross to the farms scattered across the moors . |
| 17 | It had all been an enjoyable game , and she had always imagined that love would be an enjoyable game as well , except that there was nothing enjoyable about the pain eating away at her . |
| 18 | In the first instance the trailers were converted in true Wolverton style from horse-drawn vehicles , but with the exception of the experimental models , there was nothing primitive about the conversion . |
| 19 | There was nothing imaginary about the shooting which erupted in the street outside . |
| 20 | There was nothing modest about the manner of Linford Christie 's 60 metres victory . |
| 21 | He was not tall , but there was nothing flabby about the weight of his body . |
| 22 | However , there was nothing over-scientific about the Commander 's first beach reconnaissance . |
| 23 | There was nothing self-conscious about the way she moved , stood , sat down , or talked to a man . |
| 24 | But there was nothing conservative about the way in which Louis and his successor exploited the bishop of Clermont 's complaints against the count of the Auvergne to secure a foothold in the county ; it was their preparatory work that made possible Philip Augustus ' annexation of the Auvergne to the royal demesne . |
| 25 | Surely , she told herself , there was nothing unusual about a family who let their house and left no address . |
| 26 | There was nothing precious about the playing — no feeling of careful compromise so as to accommodate the work 's problems , and certainly , to hornist Frank Lloyd 's playing , one can listen , whatever the technical complexities , in the comfortable knowledge that nothing will slip between bell and lip . |
| 27 | There was nothing funny about the train of incidents following the berth of the oil tanker Fonny at Hamble oil terminal — she spilt 80 tonnes of Wytch Farm crude into Southampton Water . |
| 28 | Prior to the Geneva meeting , moreover , Bush continued to emphasize that there was nothing negotiable about the requirement for an Iraqi withdrawal , nor any " linkage " with the issue of a Palestinian homeland . |
| 29 | There was nothing novel about the idea , but that alongside with liaison meetings of all the groups and the Union around specific issues , helped to strengthen links between us all . |
| 30 | The College was itself uneasy about the lack of ‘ coordinated opinion ’ among three engineering boards which had recently visited it , and an Academic Board sub-committee considered that undue emphasis had been given to the question of policy for full-time and sandwich courses , ‘ to the detriment of more important issues involved in the preparation of courses of degree level ’ . |