Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [verb] [pron] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | They could see that the competitor 's pile of chocolate growing ever higher and that they were winning nothing , and yet they were powerless to do anything about it ! |
| 2 | And furious farmers were powerless to do anything about the handsome profits their former land fetched for the Department of the Environment , who took it over in the mid-1960s . |
| 3 | The hon. Member for Gravesham ( Mr. Arnold ) said the same yesterday , but Ministers were unable to enlighten him about the method that might be used . |
| 4 | He was looking at outdoor cold stress and we were able to tell him about the extent of the particular housing problem in Scotland and how people could only afford to heat one room . |
| 5 | They were anxious to tell her about Miguel Rafaelo , whom they obviously loved . |
| 6 | Vague information was worse than none at all as far as we were concerned , as we were obliged to do something about it , however hopeless it might seem . |
| 7 | Your father was right to warn me about you ! ’ |
| 8 | In discussing the previous three systems it was possible to say something about their knowledge sources and data structures in isolation from the processing performed over them . |
| 9 | The knowledge that he was helpless to do anything about the forthcoming wedding made things no easier for Seb , and proof that the end of the gipsies ’ way of life in Wychwood was near at hand . |
| 10 | There was a Captain Dennis Babbage whose hobby was Bradshaw , the famous railway time-table ; and anyone who had a journey to make was welcome to consult him about the easiest ( or most interestingly complicated ) route to take . |
| 11 | Sean 's dad did not even leave his seat because he was unprepared to do anything about this problem , but he knew that he should do something about it . |
| 12 | One person stated that the government was unwilling to evaluate itself about how its policies were working on the ground . |
| 13 | Many lives had been lost because of Mills ’ treachery but the government was unwilling to do anything about it . |
| 14 | Once or twice I started swinging very badly , but as I was using my only hand to stop myself bleeding to death , I was unable to do anything about it . |
| 15 | IBM was unable to know everything about everything , much as it would have liked to — so it had to learn to cooperate . |
| 16 | During the next week I was able to tell something about our hospital and work . |
| 17 | She was taking a secretarial course , and I was able to tell her about the importance of that work in hospital . |
| 18 | He thought there was trouble ahead , but he was disinclined to do anything about it before he had to . |
| 19 | He was silly to tell me about the date over the door . |