Example sentences of "very [adj] about the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I was I d I said I was very sorry about the wardrobe and I 'd replace it for her and see what I could do , and she said Oh do n't worry love as long you 're you 're alright that 's all I 'm worried about really . |
| 2 | I 'm very sorry about the disturbance at the restaurant and that we had to cut the interview short . |
| 3 | Within our group of 19 authorities who spent over £5,000 , only one did not formally allocate a specific amount of money for training , and that one authority was still able to be very specific about the amount estimated for 1984/5 ( £6,000 ) , though not formally budgeted . |
| 4 | Well er he 's , she 's got two kids , little ones and has moved in to a house du n no whether it 's with her or not but he 's very touchy about the subject when anybody asks cos Johnny said oh I 'm sorry to hear about you and he g he go goes oh I suppose you know it all do you ? |
| 5 | At her Dunblane home last night , she said : ‘ I am very upset about the story . |
| 6 | We are very upset about the incident . ’ |
| 7 | Some people get very upset about the idea that there might be any causes operating in the social world ; they fear that causal influences on human action rob people of their freedom of choice and dignity of action . |
| 8 | She was very young , very much one of us , very friendly , very open to suggestions , but very strong about the limitations too . |
| 9 | PARSONS ' piece was well meant , but very revealing about the attitude of a supposedly enlightened male . |
| 10 | Without realising it , this information can also be very revealing about the type of person you are . |
| 11 | Self-representation in this way was never as systematically developed as the products of modern propaganda machines , but , as with the study of portraiture , it can be very revealing about the aspirations and claims of any regime , matters which are as interesting to the historian as the reality of what actually happened . |
| 12 | The various works on the subject are very revealing about the images of young people that prevailed . |
| 13 | I think what 's very striking about the report which the students ' union have recently published and are circulating around the university , is the extent to which they have tended to define sexual harassment as being as much or at least as much a problem between students , a problem of behaviour between students and a problem of the sort of atmosphere in the colleges in terms of how that affects how peoples lives feel and and how they are how their behaviour what sort of behaviour is acceptable . |
| 14 | But what was very enthralling about the jury service argument was the effect it had on older people themselves . |
| 15 | And she warned : ‘ If Sarah does lose the children , she is prepared to tell stories that are not very pleasant about the Crown . ’ |
| 16 | When the therapist interviewed her later on the same day , Liz felt very embarrassed about the overdose and about being in hospital . |
| 17 | In 1669 the Italian astronomer Montanari noticed something very peculiar about the star Algol in Perseus . |
| 18 | erm We 've got to be very careful about the word ‘ useful ’ , because in my experience it 's perfectly possible for people to know an enormous amount of history and to make terrible mistakes . |
| 19 | Accordingly , the differences of disciplinary interests mean that one needs to be very careful about the kinds of problems that are being addressed . |
| 20 | ‘ To achieve the objectives we have , everyone has to be very clear about the nature of the business and the nature of the challenge we are facing and what their role is in responding to it . |
| 21 | Mr Leigh-Pemberton , however , sounded a stark warning to the Cabinet not to take risks with inflation : ‘ We have to be very clear about the objectives of policy . |
| 22 | ICI 's PLASTICS BUSINESS IS VERY clear about the sort of materials that it makes and sells . |
| 23 | In fact it has been mainly the lesbians in the girls ' work movement who have been developing a determination to make the links between all oppressions , and who have become very clear about the need for that work to be accessible to all young women . |
| 24 | ‘ No , the Government is very clear about the importance of Alevels . |
| 25 | Data General Corp is finding the transition to open systems at a time of recession extremely painful with a second quarter loss of $55m after a $48m charge for another 1,000 lay-offs : turnover was down 14% at $274m , in part because the sale of the Japanese subsidiary cut volume by $19m ; the company blamed the disappointing results on competitive pricing pressures , which have cut profits , as well as the weak worldwide economy ; the company says it continues to be very cautious about the remainder of 1992 ; AViiON sales continue to grow , but ‘ we are not satisfied with overall revenues , ’ the company declared Electronic Data Systems Corp says its graphical design system now supports Hewlett-Packard 's series 700 workstations : first deliveries are scheduled for May . |
| 26 | So er and they 're very bullish I have to say , very bullish about the way things are going . |
| 27 | For just this reason the issues of The Exile , though they provide only conflicting evidence about Pound 's acumen as an editor , are very instructive about the cast of his sensibility . |
| 28 | With unemployment around 300,000 , the highest rate in the EC , consumers are very nervous about the future , says Frank Young , managing director of Wilson Hartnell Advertising , a doyen of the industry , who retires at the end of this month . |
| 29 | The Romans were very good at that , ultimately they just they were just a powerful military force , but they were also very clever about the way they they kept their influence in various countries . |
| 30 | There 's nothing very miraculous about the German and Japanese post-war economic performances in Ward 's view . |