Example sentences of "was concerned [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As far as the trade was concerned we tried to , and still try to , do whatever makes it easiest for them to order books from us and sell them . |
| 2 | As far as Henry was concerned they could fill the whole thing in with concrete . |
| 3 | As far as nudity was concerned they quickly accepted it in Josephine 's act as it seemed such a natural part of her but their attitudes were quite prudish when confronted with the nudes backstage . |
| 4 | It was plain enough now , from the glance he shot in the general direction of the three of them and the jeep , that so far as he was concerned they were just part and parcel of the trouble generated by the city , the days he had to spend queuing in the tax office , the months he had spent shut up in the squalid , over-crowded prison , the endless haggling with shopkeepers , the disappearance of his good-for-nothing son . |
| 5 | As far as Jenna was concerned they could all band together and explode . |
| 6 | ‘ As far as I was concerned they did n't do nothing to help me. ’ says one former patient . |
| 7 | So far as he was concerned they were both promised to other people . |
| 8 | As far as the urban working class was concerned they may well have been better off in the fifteenth century than they had been previously or were to be later . |
| 9 | As far as the form of labelling was concerned they believed that what was required was a simple declaration such as contains copies of X genes , in single ingredient foods and foods sold loose , they believe a declaration should form part of or accompanying the name under which food is offered for sale . |
| 10 | Well old was , was er absolute er you 'd never think anybody 'd would buy anything out of his shop , er my father went in for something once and he , and he said you can see them hanging up ca n't you , I mean er salesmanship was on unheard of as far as he was concerned they were there , why ask him if he 'd got any , but erm course you must remember I was only a little boy I mean I can remember all this , I took it all in but I would n't say that I knew them er I knew Miss , from the grocer 's shop she was a Sunday School teacher , and er the Sunday School used to be at Road School we used to have a Sunday School there and a Mr used to take this . |
| 11 | We had a baby ; there she was , and as far as I was concerned she was history . |
| 12 | As far as he was concerned she was nothing more than a time-and-labour-saving device required for the voyage . |
| 13 | Where Roman Wyatt was concerned she was like a snail without a shell . |
| 14 | Well , he was wasting his time because as far as he was concerned she had no senses left ! |
| 15 | Starkey said yesterday that he knew nothing of the move and as far as he was concerned he was still on Cacoethes . |
| 16 | Humble jeweller or not , as far as Diana was concerned he was a friend . |
| 17 | As far as his cock was concerned he felt somewhat in the position of a toddler trying to fly a kite . |
| 18 | As always , the risk element was the icing on the cake as far as he was concerned He breathed in the fine night air and hummed the tune of Colonel Bogey in time with his silent footsteps . |
| 19 | The promotion was nothing more than a device to give Richard Sharpe some status on the Prince of Orange 's staff , but so far as Sharpe himself was concerned he was still a Rifleman . |
| 20 | Although I rated Mr Smith quite high in terms of integrity , I did not regard him as having a superior intellect and throughout the negotiations with which I was concerned he remained blinded by a prejudiced belief that the only rule in Rhodesia which was tolerable or possible was white rule . |
| 21 | Dougal was wearing three jerseys and Celia 's duffel coat , but as far as the wind was concerned he might as well have been naked . |
| 22 | He knew he should obey what Sabraxis had said , but was concerned he might lose condition if he remained inactive . |
| 23 | As far as Sara was concerned he would hear only what she considered fit for him to know . |
| 24 | He was concerned he would be locked in an English jail , and wondered if he should seek Embassy asylum . |
| 25 | ’ As far as he , Tallboy , was concerned he could have it . |
| 26 | ‘ I told him that as far as I was concerned he was junior shit of all time . |
| 27 | Eliot remarked that as far as he was concerned he took that paper chiefly for the crossword and the company reports . |
| 28 | She was fascinated when he said he came from London — as far as she was concerned he might as well have come from the Moon , because she had as little likelihood of ever visiting either . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ As far as I was concerned he was just a big fella who used to come out of the shop and bellow at us for playing against the wall . |
| 30 | As far as I was concerned he could have my every piece of silver if he just allowed me to gaze at his daughter . |