Example sentences of "had been [adv] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the first place , the number of very big cities was growing rapidly , as it had been since about the middle of the century . |
| 2 | ‘ Not at all , ’ she replied , feeling at once alive and full to the brim with the enthusiasm which only a minute ago had been nowhere about . |
| 3 | The 80s had been all about obsessional lifestyles , body consciousness , diet fads , work-out videos , designer leotards , Reeboks and Aqua Libra . |
| 4 | Further , Curtis had informed Grant that the word on the streets was that the recent outbreak of violence and killing had been all about a territorial dispute between rival Triad and Mafia gangs . |
| 5 | At the time of the so-called race riots , Shanti and her friends were discussing the events in Manchester , and agreeing that the whole sad business had been more about unemployment than about race . |