Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adj] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is the one who has reacted to success by becoming obsessive about peace and quiet , about making time to read books and see friends . |
| 2 | Clinical measurements were becoming popular about this time , and many interesting things were being discovered as a result of this more quantitative approach . |
| 3 | It is all happening too fast for us to take anything quite for granted , neither becoming blase about the sight of ossified regimes crumbling at the knees , nor entirely ruling out the thought of some treacherous counter-current . |
| 4 | It is all happening too fast for us to take anything quite for granted , neither becoming blase about the sight of ossified regimes crumbling at the knees , nor entirely ruling out the thought of some treacherous counter-current . |
| 5 | But another theory was that the bomber dumped the device after becoming nervous about possible discovery on his way to plant it elsewhere . |
| 6 | There is too much busyness in schools , staff need ‘ dream time ’ too and also the security to try out ideas without becoming nervous about making mistakes or being afraid of failing . |
| 7 | Apparently , too , Mrs Noble was becoming dubious about the friendship with Edward and the consequences that might follow the hasty pell-mell nature of her second daughter . |
| 8 | Despite the notes , and the polaroids made by Farwaggi in his anteroom , and the trays of fruit , club sandwiches , croques and so on — the cheerfully arranged amuse-gueules from the kitchen ordered for each girl — he finds he is becoming confused about their identities . |
| 9 | However , there is a greater possibility of the pilot becoming confused about the attitude or motion of the aircraft because of his own false sensations . |
| 10 | A GRITTY , realistic approach to Vietnam with Burt Lancaster as the commanding officer becoming cynical about the war in 1964 , long before it became a media affair . |
| 11 | Most Germans now took little interest in politics , becoming cynical about the authoritarian and military values of the past , and uncertain of what to put in their place . |
| 12 | I believe that they were also becoming concerned about the steady casualties they were taking . |
| 13 | Graham Hunsley , defending , told the court Melia had been roaming round the country for about a month and stole the jeans after becoming concerned about his scruffy appearance . |
| 14 | Mr Lynch , the SSPCA 's inspector for Orkney , said he was becoming concerned about the number of journalists , photographers , sight-seers and animal lovers using boats to try to see the whales . |
| 15 | The result is that many glider pilots are becoming complacent about parking and on a really windy day it is not unusual to see gliders at risk , just waiting for the first really big gust of wind to blow them over . |
| 16 | economists were also becoming worried about the rapid expansion in the use of the nineteenth-century 's greatest non-renewable resource : coal . |
| 17 | When a dog does start to show signs of becoming difficult about a visit to the surgery , you may want to arrange with your vet simply to walk up to the waiting room , pause here for a few moments and then return home . |
| 18 | He admits to becoming irritated about Sinead 's continual soul-searching over her family problems . |
| 19 | Being economical comes naturally to Capricorns , but you must avoid becoming over-protective about money and material concerns . |
| 20 | While HP is keeping tight-lipped about what exactly it will be announcing , we understand there will be several new models at entry-level , mid-range and high-end price/performance points . |
| 21 | If they can , they are keeping quiet about it . |
| 22 | All are keeping quiet about it , supposing it to be some reflection on themselves . |
| 23 | Instead of keeping quiet about information which might deter doctors from prescribing the product under suspicion , companies should urge the agency to batch test imports . |
| 24 | The alternative to keeping quiet about these problems is , of course , to deny their very existence , and the prize for the most successful campaign of VD eradication , or alternatively the rarest piece of dissembling , must go to Communist China which claims to have got rid of syphilis in the ten years after 1950 . |
| 25 | I do realise , however , that there may be people who feel that way but are keeping quiet about it … |
| 26 | Says a pal : ‘ They are keeping quiet about what kind of material they are producing . ’ |
| 27 | Miss Rantzen , 52 , won the damages from The People newspaper in December 1991 after it accused her of keeping quiet about an alleged sex pervert . |
| 28 | Keeping quiet about such problems may help maintain the fragile balance holding family relationships together , but can cause long-term problems as children try to relate to the outside world . |
| 29 | The established Church of England shares with other Christian Churches in upholding the claims of the New Testament , while keeping quiet about some Old Testament stories . |
| 30 | It could be others are keeping quiet about this , I do n't know . |