Example sentences of "about [pers pn] be [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tock grumbled something about them being useful if you were lost , then fell silent . |
| 2 | About them being late and everything else . |
| 3 | You see , a lot of the clichés about me are true and for real , it 's just in the end you can get tired talking about the same things . ’ |
| 4 | I thought that was , that was a really good line in that cook thief his wife their lover film where he went , he said something about she 's great except she will keep popping to the John and then he went she 's got a bladder like a leaky marrow |
| 5 | At this stage nothing about you is boring or mundane , he loves your silly mannerisms — even your flaws . |
| 6 | ‘ Yes , she still writes to me , ’ Harry answered Cora-Beth 's question , ‘ but the way I feel about you is different and I do n't think I can explain . |
| 7 | Hearing you apologise for the things I love most about you is more than I can stand ! ’ |
| 8 | Heard about you being sick and put two and two together — though what the other two was , I 'm damned if I know . |
| 9 | Otherwise his crack about you being brash and brassy would have slid right off your back . |
| 10 | Surely you ca n't still be bothered about Adam 's ridiculous gibe about you being brash and brassy ? ’ |
| 11 | Oh yes , oh there , aye there was , ah but these this lot that I 'm telling you about they were more or less traders . |
| 12 | The world about him was white as death . |
| 13 | He said Daphne even though she is married now I am willing to forget the bad talks that were going around about him being foolish and wanting her back . |
| 14 | Everything about her was small and neat . |
| 15 | When he came along erm was about he was more or less asked what terms he wanted and said that he was no to show no favouritism . |
| 16 | They are because a th the in the good feature about it is that and the Vax , that does n't bloody fall over . |
| 17 | Furniture was n't that posh but then er but the only thing I thought about it was safe and it was clean . |