Example sentences of "[adj] about was " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the pair of them were concerned about was getting back to Northallerton . |
| 2 | I was n't worried about the championship — all I was concerned about was today 's verdict . ’ |
| 3 | While talking about the need to keep security , control and justice in ‘ balance ’ , Woolf appeared to emphasize the importance of justice , and the imbalance he was most concerned about was the prospect of security and control measures exacerbating prisoners ' sense of injustice . |
| 4 | All he seemed concerned about was finding a new tutor for Silvia . ’ |
| 5 | All she was concerned about was that people should know the truth and that justice should be served . |
| 6 | What we as a family were unanimous about was that he adopted no pose of being the distinguished writer , and even gave the impression that he much preferred not to be treated as such . |
| 7 | I could not believe all he was worried about was his BMW when there were two children lying dead in my garden . ’ |
| 8 | It was a good case he wanted us to remember that there 's a hunger for the word of God and that what we should be worried about was poverty in the things of the spirit but he made the blank statement and it shocked one young man called John who at the time was the minister of a church extension charge in one of our deprived housing situations . |
| 9 | The only thing she 'd been worried about was Jake finding out . |
| 10 | down into his arteries and we ca n't get anything down there so they 're blocked , but he said how the hell he survived that op I do n't know he said they could 've done more with his legs but it meant another hour and a quarter minutes in surgery , and he said he 'd had enough we could n't have kept him on the table a minute longer so he said all we can do is wait , so now mum said well he 's alright in intensive care , he 's responding well , getting over the operation well , but what we was worried about was him breathing on his own , had he , had he been you see , anyway he said this on er Thursday |
| 11 | But what we were keen about was football . |
| 12 | ‘ I thought what we were worrying about was a roof over your head , ’ I said , feeling that Aunt Louise needed bringing down to earth . |
| 13 | But one of the complaints that I was very bitter about was at that time I cycled to my work and they had paving stones in the bakery with the slits in them for to keep bikes . |
| 14 | pupils involved because every piece of work that a kid does is discussed with the pupil the only thing that I was a little wary about was a pupil actually putting down Mr is |
| 15 | The only thing Patrick was sensitive about was the résumés of the letters from John and Angela which he had in his pocket . |