Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [verb] about the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stein 's book may have influenced the initial formulation of Marx 's conception of the proletariat in capitalist society ( Avineri , 1972 , pp. 53–5 ) , but whether that is so or not it did undoubtedly express in a very clear and forceful way ideas which were widely held about the dominant political issues in nineteenth-century European societies ; to such an extent that the social movement came to be largely identified , especially in Germany , with the labour movement . |
| 2 | I 'd be intrigued to know what those other two couples who were not informed about the cancelled christening feels . |
| 3 | Erm you know when you 're th we were just talking about the upper room , and erm and the great wind that was noise that was felt . |
| 4 | As they headed off on their Whitsun holiday , backbenchers were already muttering about the next shake-up . |
| 5 | Questions were also raised about the industrial impact of the merger . |
| 6 | TORY Ministers and MPs were openly talking about the unthinkable last night as Britain 's economic crisis deepened … |
| 7 | No I was just , I was just thinking about the same . |
| 8 | To her annoyance , she was still thinking about the wretched man when lunchtime came and went . |
| 9 | Helen asked no questions about Chris , only saying that it had been a lovely evening and Moira was still talking about the tinned peaches and jelly . |
| 10 | The Labour Party subsequently achieved some measure of socialism under Attlee , despite the hostility of capitalism , and the Labour Party was well informed about the real strength of the fascist challenge . |
| 11 | I was n't thinking about the hundred ; it 's great batting with Jack because he 's so positive . |
| 12 | On August 8 Johnny Marr , who was n't consulted about the above communication , issued this reply to the NME : ‘ There is nothing approaching acrimony between myself and the other members of the band . |
| 13 | Yeah I was n't worrying about the six month 's free membership . |
| 14 | And if he was n't talking about the after life , he was talking about birds . ’ |