Example sentences of "always been [adj] about [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's always been paranoid about intelligence , seeing plots and hidden microphones and leaks to the media … he kept the money tight , too . |
| 2 | A company that had always been paranoiac about labour unions , it should have noticed that it was suddenly at the mercy of customers ' unions . |
| 3 | Dad had always been fanatical about security at night ; he even bolted the inside doors . |
| 4 | I 'd always wanted to be a comedian at school , I 've always been obsessive about comedy , and if I 'd been rubbish it would have been a bit problematic . ’ |
| 5 | Wealth did not make him lavish , however ; he had always been careful about money — indeed , he was economical in all areas of life , even in small matters such as ensuring that all the tea in a tea-pot had actually been drunk — and Joseph Chiari has remembered how he kept a regular account of his expenses in a pocket notebook . |