Example sentences of "[adj] about [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm very upfront about being happily married — I 've brought Nick into the office a few times and I mention him in conversation whenever it 's appropriate . |
| 2 | Sir Alexander Seton was not in the least upset about being transferred down to the town . |
| 3 | The others are all shy about being named . |
| 4 | The others are all shy about being named . |
| 5 | I 'm sorry about being in a mood Saturday but I was n't really in a mood with you . |
| 6 | I 'm sorry about being in a mood on Saturday but I was n't really in a mood with you . |
| 7 | eventually , guilty about being there , you leave . |
| 8 | ‘ You have to remember , ’ Ellen liked to lecture Thessy and me , ‘ just how absurdly wealthy they all are , and how desperately the wealthy want to be liked because they ca n't help feeling guilty about being so rich , so we only have to be obsequious , give them loads of booze , and pretend to be impressed by their entirely predictable and usually jejune opinions , after which they 'll reward us with an outrageously large tip — which is , after all , the sole reason for being nice to the ghastly creatures in the first place . ’ |
| 9 | I think it 's part of a vicious circle , that sometimes it 's guilt which leads to depression and then women feel guilty about being depressed and that 's why they take what is on offer to them . |
| 10 | ‘ I suppose I was feeling a bit guilty about being here , ’ she confessed in a burst of honesty that she instantly wished back . |
| 11 | There 's no need to look guilty about being frightened . |
| 12 | What I 'm not clear about is whether you are suggesting that the panel , make some strong comments in their report to the County Council on the need for appropriate phasing , or whether the panel should recommend that policy H one be divided into phasing periods . |
| 13 | But the other thing that you have to er be erm very clear about is er on on the monetary side is if there are two signatories to the cheque , right ? both of them need to have signed it . |
| 14 | One of the things that we need to be clear about is that erm computers are not unlike us . |
| 15 | That was the other thing I think about the Festival programme which I think was a bit embarrassed about is the fact that all that information is in such teeny tiny writing |
| 16 | This found that girls who had felt isolated and embarrassed about being pregnant or having babies felt less stigma about this after they had attended the units and could take a much more realistic view of their situation . |
| 17 | cos if he he 's on a twelve hour shift and , those meetings tend to be have been around the same sort of time , then obviously , what we 've got ta be careful about is , adding any more hours |
| 18 | But what you 've got to be very careful about is that if you go into a roundabout in that position and you get somebody in that position who is also going the same way and there 's a pinch point there , that 's the danger . |
| 19 | True beliefs are n't generally better than false ones in any moral sense : there is usually nothing morally wrong about being mistaken in one 's beliefs about matters of fact . |
| 20 | I 'm sure that rule is wrong about being on all play . |
| 21 | There is nothing clever or manly about being dirty and smelly and you have every right to withhold your physical dealings with a body that revolts you . |
| 22 | He was doubtful about being sole incumbent in five parishes — he had visualized a team ministry — and even more doubtful about the rural ministry in itself Did he … |
| 23 | There is nothing immoral about being a member of CND , but we must understand that the principles and policies of that organisation are wholly different from the principles and policies set out in the motion . |
| 24 | He had taken the bulb out of its socket in the telephone booth , nervous about being seen . |
| 25 | ‘ It 's actually made me quite nervous about being in London . |
| 26 | Others who are insecure about being adopted may feel ashamed and confused by being ‘ different ’ . |
| 27 | He was hatched and hand reared at Birdland in Bourton on the Water , by penguin keeper Maureen Hewitt , who says that the Harry still feels a bit insecure about being with adult penguins and loves a reassuring hug . |
| 28 | He was quite insecure about being away from adults and at the beginning of the book he repeatedly asked Ralph if there were any adults on the island even though Ralph did not know . |
| 29 | It was played down by the band and manager Steve Harrison , who is paranoid about being seen to ‘ cash in ’ , ‘ manipulate ’ or any of those other snidey cracks that godhead success usually brings . |
| 30 | It was played down by the band and manager Steve Harrison , who is paranoid about being seen to ‘ cash in ’ , ‘ manipulate ’ or any of those other snidey cracks that godhead success usually brings . |