Example sentences of "[was/were] [pron] [adj] about the " in BNC.
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1 | Unfortunately there was nothing fictitious about the situation in which she now found herself — and one which she really must resolve as soon as possible . |
2 | Rune 's tone was casual , but there was nothing lazy about the way he leaned across the table towards her . |
3 | Wreckage analysis showed that there was nothing untoward about the airframe or engines , However comments were made about the avionics installation . |
4 | He showed how he planted the young trees in pot-holes where the soil was richer and she saw that after all there was nothing haphazard about the planting ; it had the symmetry of necessity . |
5 | ‘ Excuse me , please , ’ she said politely , but there was nothing polite about the angry , scornful glitter in her grey eyes . |
6 | Besides , other than tyre marks , there was nothing man-made about the track . |
7 | There was nothing airy-fairy about the way he wanted Carrie : he wanted to touch Carrie , he wanted to see her … |
8 | But there was nothing remote about the Scots . |
9 | There was nothing tentative about the touch of his lips , either . |
10 | She had her underclothing beneath , of course , and the expensive silk was of such a luxuriously close weave that there was nothing immodest about the outfit . |
11 | He smiled almost gently , but there was nothing gentle about the glitter in his dark eyes as they ran over her from the smooth shining coil of her silver-blonde hair to the long slender legs encased in elegant sheer navy stockings . |
12 | While there was nothing extraordinary about the goal , Chapman turning in a free-kick Clough had driven through a crowd of players towards the near post , the reason the free-kick was awarded left Everton disgruntled . |
13 | While there was nothing extraordinary about the goal itself , Chapman turning the ball in at the near post after Clough had driven an indirect free-kick low through a crowd of players , the circumstances in which the kick had been given were a little odd and left Everton looking apoplectic . |
14 | There was nothing mysterious about the process by which a small but significant segment of the intelligentsia came to espouse the cause of a class to which they did not belong . |
15 | There was nothing magical about the choice . |
16 | There was nothing incongruous about the fact that the headmistress , Zoe Neill , was incapable of uttering a sentence which did not contain a word for excrement or a word for copulation . |
17 | But there was nothing quaint about the masculine form that adorned it . |
18 | Moreover , there was nothing egalitarian about the set-up and there was no expectation that the state would do much and interfere extensively in the " private " sphere of power and economic arrangements : these were seen as best left to the unseen hand of " impersonal " market forces . |
19 | There was nothing distinctive about the black London taxi except that it swooped to pick Rain up when she had not hailed it . |
20 | There was nothing special about the halt : it had a signal cabin , about a dozen levers , and a pair of gates to allow carts to cross to the farms scattered across the moors . |
21 | It had all been an enjoyable game , and she had always imagined that love would be an enjoyable game as well , except that there was nothing enjoyable about the pain eating away at her . |
22 | Perhaps she had ; but there was nothing mad about the composed face I 'd been shown in the portrait and the photograph , only an infinity of patience . |
23 | In the first instance the trailers were converted in true Wolverton style from horse-drawn vehicles , but with the exception of the experimental models , there was nothing primitive about the conversion . |
24 | There was nothing imaginary about the shooting which erupted in the street outside . |
25 | There was nothing modest about the manner of Linford Christie 's 60 metres victory . |
26 | He was not tall , but there was nothing flabby about the weight of his body . |
27 | However , there was nothing over-scientific about the Commander 's first beach reconnaissance . |
28 | There was nothing self-conscious about the way she moved , stood , sat down , or talked to a man . |
29 | But there was nothing conservative about the way in which Louis and his successor exploited the bishop of Clermont 's complaints against the count of the Auvergne to secure a foothold in the county ; it was their preparatory work that made possible Philip Augustus ' annexation of the Auvergne to the royal demesne . |
30 | There was nothing unusual about the cows . |