Example sentences of "[noun sg] was about " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ One episode was about Shakespeare performing on the deck to Queen Elizabeth . |
| 2 | r74(73–517) was about as active as a full length protein , while two other forms , r74(205–517) and r74(356–517) , were inactive . |
| 3 | It was perhaps a bit thicker than she would have liked , but the weight was about right . |
| 4 | Mill Reef was about sixth , with Pistol Packer towards the rear . |
| 5 | The conversation faded into the distance and I paused to refill the Unwins ' cups , where the talk was about Upper Gumtree having the edge over Mercer 's premiere that was coming to Winnipeg by road . |
| 6 | Most of her talk was about music , about Chopin ballades in the moonlight ; she was trailing a gossamer childhood behind herself and James was clearly infatuated by it . |
| 7 | To my ears , much of the talk was about death , a subject which made me nervous . |
| 8 | Bloodstock was about as useful as Aunt Tossie 's embroidered parrots , perched , or flying , or elaborately caged , on every cushion and stool in the house . |
| 9 | Mr Smith insisted the vote was about Mr Major , not Europe : ‘ How can a motion , which attracted the threat of a general election , not be about the credibility , competence , and authority of the Government ? ’ |
| 10 | He insisted that the vote was about Maastricht and not about confidence in Mr Major . |
| 11 | He said : ‘ This vote was about propping up an incompetent government . |
| 12 | The gap was about a foot and a half wide — wide enough for Sigarup to sit in the basket with his legs hanging down below . |
| 13 | Yes , I mean you may well have seen on the television , some of the first film of some of the camps , that the first sort of rioting was about water . |
| 14 | I 've only been in the industry , I 've only been with this company for two and half years , and when I joined and had a look at what the industry was about , there were thirty express overnight carriers . |
| 15 | Most of the gossip was about taxation . |
| 16 | The leaflet to which he referred published by AA in the North-East was about blood sports rather than vivisection . |
| 17 | The cabbage was about the same er , about fifty I think . |
| 18 | One question on a calculator test was about patterns formed by multiplying numbers together . |
| 19 | I think the chicken was about the same I would n't run a business like it I tell you that much . |
| 20 | Betrayal was about as close as he could get . |
| 21 | His fist was about the size of a sack of potatoes . |
| 22 | The wearer was about Burun 's age , but he was much smaller and slimmer . |
| 23 | It had to be thoroughly discussed with all interested parties before being submitted for publication , and the speed of publication was about average for this sort of paper . |
| 24 | The only conflict about housing land in Cramlington during the preparation and revision of the Northumberland Structure Plan was about releases in relation to total numbers . |
| 25 | The boy was about Oliver 's age , but was one of the strangest-looking people he had ever seen . |
| 26 | and the young boy was about thirte no he was n't , yeah about thirteen yeah something like that |
| 27 | Liston Hall was about a mile and a half further on , reached by its own private drive . |
| 28 | The fact that such a proposition could be presented a industrial democracy exposes the reality : that the exercise was about the extension of the powers of unreformed trade unionism . |
| 29 | Her own bow was about her shoulders , her arrows were slung at her belt , and she carried a skin for water . |
| 30 | The issue was about more than the Chairman 's statue , however . |