Example sentences of "[adv] [vb -s] about the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 've got a reported-stolen list a mile long , but the media only cares about the sexy stuff . |
| 2 | Meanwhile doubts about the private banks ' ability to cope caused mounting worries . |
| 3 | Texas still has about the weakest campaign-finance laws of any big state , and some of its politicians still rely on lobbyists to pay for everything from trips and meals to golf tournaments . |
| 4 | Venus is much smaller , but nevertheless still has about the same mass as the Earth . |
| 5 | However , no Pakistani official ever talks about the apparent hypocrisy of the government 's claim to be fighting narcotics when it refuses to change the special status of these tribal areas . |
| 6 | He also enthuses about the extraordinary steam trains he has recently seen for himself , reading from a journal which he has been writing while away . |
| 7 | I should like to ask her a few questions , such as what she really feels about the right hon. Member for Finchley ( Mrs. Thatcher ) . |
| 8 | The laibon now talks about the famous incident when a district officer was killed . |
| 9 | I 've wondered whether we ought to separate but every time I bring this up , he cries and then worries about the 50 per cent of ‘ his ’ assets I 'll take with me if I do decide to go ! |
| 10 | The novel at times resembles a rambling monologue in which the narrator sometimes performs disconcerting antics , sometimes speculates about the theoretical nature of fiction . |
| 11 | There is just one observation I wish to make to the Committee this afternoon and it actually goes about the whole issue of the planning aspect of what 's gone on . |