Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [pron] [noun] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1338 the northern clergy were to instruct their parishioners about the crucial need for , and inescapable burdens of , defence against the Scots , so that the ‘ pious exhortations ’ of the priests might induce support for a united struggle against the enemies of the realm . |
| 2 | ‘ Because New York were giving me hell about employing you and I 've gone out on a limb . |
| 3 | The 91 patients in Soutar & Wilson 's study were asked their opinion about the effect of noise on sleep and of the 28 who admitted that sleep was more difficult in hospital than at home , only 9 said it was because of the noise . |
| 4 | Her arms were finding their way about him , hands lifting , and the pleasure her mouth took from his could not be kept localised , a rapid tide of rich sensation spreading and sweeping through her whole being . |
| 5 | I slept badly and had a dream that was to confirm my fears about the ghost . |
| 6 | When Jesus was warning his followers about his own forthcoming death he told them not to be worried or upset but to put all their trust and confidence in him and in God . |
| 7 | In March 1945 , a few weeks before the German surrender , Eliot was expressing his pessimism about the future ; a few days later he wrote his last commentary for the Christian News Letter and used the pseudonym of " Metoikos " or " resident alien " . |
| 8 | Before he 'd even put the head down after a long flight to Glasgow , Lindi was expressing his confidence about Monday 's outcome . |
| 9 | ‘ Did you or did you not say that the purpose of my presence here this evening was to give you information about my work ? ’ |
| 10 | Well I was taking your point about You know o o wives , about being the same sort of age . |
| 11 | And she would n't have it brushed and she was shaking her head about when you tried to brush it so . |
| 12 | Dulled since meeting Terry Rourke , it had inconveniently come to life again , and was telling her things about life — and Havvie — which she did not wish to know . |
| 13 | The last fish he had landed was a magnificent sea-trout weighing 6lb and , as he applied the priest , he was telling his companions about a similar fish , caught by his father in the dim and distant past : ‘ A beautiful fish , gentlemen , just like this one is . ’ |
| 14 | Mr Clare was telling his son about the new d'Urberville family who had taken the ancient name and lived near Trantridge . |
| 15 | anyway he went to the toilet , went a wee and I put him back in bed and he was laid there and anyway and , and he eventually dropped off , anyway I was telling my mum about it yesterday , and I did n't sort of think no more of it the next day , right , and mum I said well if ever he gets that again she said you should from the doctor she said , because , one of our boys had it she said and it was a blockage |
| 16 | His reaction , as instinctive as her own , was to close his arms about her . |
| 17 | But Pat was stretching her arms about and yawning . |