Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | His most emotional words were about his fellow hostage and friend who he called John boy . |
| 2 | I 'm not joking , his leg his legs were about that wide right ? |
| 3 | Regional director Derek Alcorn said that about 35pc of inquiries to CAB offices were about benefits . |
| 4 | We could say that most of their quarrels were about notice — who noticed whom and in connection with what . |
| 5 | All these disputes were about the same theme : the nature of the Europe that the Six wished to construct and the proper relationship between the Community and the member states . |
| 6 | The offending lilies and several branches of mimosa were about level with the top of Willi 's head . |
| 7 | His body and his mind were about their different businesses . |
| 8 | we went right and these lads were about our age and the next get drunk every night , you know , talk normal sort of thing , and erm |
| 9 | Some of the smaller , and most certainly highly active dinosaurs were about the size of a chicken , and there is more than a passing similarity between a running ostrich and the kind of reconstruction that shows fleet-footed , running dinosaurs . |
| 10 | ‘ The majority of my early songs were about my first girlfriend . |
| 11 | The songs were about love and loss , aspiration and disappointment , but the men smiled as they sang , as if the melodies and the sheer pleasure of singing overcame the tragedy of the words . |
| 12 | Three of her ten books were about Ireland and she was honoured in 1904 with an honorary D.Litt. from Dublin University . |
| 13 | ‘ One episode was about Shakespeare performing on the deck to Queen Elizabeth . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | It was perhaps a bit thicker than she would have liked , but the weight was about right . |
| 16 | Mill Reef was about sixth , with Pistol Packer towards the rear . |
| 17 | The old quarrel between Corinth and Megara was about borders ; by the end of the archaic period Corinth had absorbed most of this frontier zone of good arable land , so that Strabo ( 380 ) can say of Krommyon , which is halfway to Megara , that it ‘ was once Megarian but is now Corinthian ’ . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | To my ears , much of the talk was about death , a subject which made me nervous . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 ? ’ |
| 23 | He insisted that the vote was about Maastricht and not about confidence in Mr Major . |
| 24 | He said : ‘ This vote was about propping up an incompetent government . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | The second point made by the hon. Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed was about RECHAR and I am anxious to respond positively to him . |
| 29 | Most of the gossip was about taxation . |
| 30 | The only secret she had with Travis was about Rosemary , but , since Naylor had never heard of Rosemary , he could n't have sensed that Travis had lost his heart to her neighbour , could he ? |