Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [adj] about the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My views on these systems are open at the moment , but I must admit that , like many , I am dubious about the claims of many similar products . |
| 2 | Gaddafi himself , when questioned by Salinger , said : ‘ I am angry about the accusations against Libya , but I am satisfied that things are moving according to law . |
| 3 | I am concerned about the contents of , lack of objectivity of and lack of thoroughness in the study that was carried out by the Environmental Advisory Unit of Liverpool University Ltd. for the Government and the promoters of the Bill , Cardiff Bay development corporation , when there was still a private Bill , in preparation for the Government 's hybrid Bill , which was laid before the House on Tuesday . |
| 4 | I have recently moved into a house on a main road , and I am concerned about the cats playing outside . |
| 5 | I am concerned about the side-effects associated with some orthodox drugs . |
| 6 | The proportion of non-flying invertebrates may not be as high , and they are harder to sample systematically , but I am optimistic about the numbers that remain undiscovered . |
| 7 | ‘ Phena , I 'm sorry about the letters . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm sorry about the children , ’ he said . |
| 9 | But I 'm worried about the effects they have on society , because a high proportion of them are emotional messes whose principal driving emotion is envy . |
| 10 | I think it 's a privilege to have children , it 's a tremendous duty but I 'm concerned about the children . |
| 11 | All day I 'd felt calm , though aware that everything in Jamila 's life had changed ; and now , on the same day , if I was right about the looks on the two faces in the car with me , the same thing was going to happen to me . |
| 12 | I was sorry about the kites , and I knew that I 'd have to give up flying them for good to keep the act looking realistic , but it was worth it . |
| 13 | Provided you are honest about the causes of success you can revive them again . |
| 14 | ‘ Look , you 're right about the lessons . |
| 15 | ‘ And you 're sure about the others as well ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ You 're sure about the others , though ? ’ |
| 17 | I mean even , in a sense you , you , you 're worried about the excesses . |
| 18 | ‘ Oh well , if you 're worried about the odds — ‘ |
| 19 | Hello erm so tell us what your stance on all of this is you 're furious about the trees are n't you ? |
| 20 | If you 're snobbish about the vocals then you 're probably the type of person that caused the instrument mix to appear on the B-side . |
| 21 | Even if you want to make a poem in the end , write in prose first , just to make sure you 're clear about the feelings and experiences that have come to the surface . |
| 22 | ‘ You were right about the killers being linked , ’ said Phillip Barclay . |
| 23 | ‘ Well , ’ he said with a smile , ‘ she was right about the rats , anyway ! ’ |
| 24 | She was polite about the leeks and lumpy cheese and said a similar thing could be done with endives and it looked at first as if the lunch was going to prove a slightly awkward affair . |
| 25 | I accept that it was not mandatory upon the judge to require that the mother be given notice of the foster mother 's application , but he knew in general terms from the evidence before him that the mother had maintained an active interest in the children and that she was unhappy about the children 's placement with the foster mother . |
| 26 | While she approves of mothers getting the opportunity to try new products , she was concerned about the contents of bounty boxes . |
| 27 | On the one hand , as we saw in the last chapter , we are uncertain about the limits of our own species . |
| 28 | We are optimistic about the prospects of the scheme , and I hope that , in due course , the hon. Member for Hammersmith will be able to bring himself to give it an unqualified endorsement . |
| 29 | But we 've added a few you see and we 're concerned about the spots . |
| 30 | For many of us it was our first time in Northern Ireland and we were nervous about the Provos and the troubles . |