Example sentences of "[been] [adj] about [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I had been right about that . |
| 2 | The storeroom ( yes , she had been right about that after all ) was not very big and not very well lit . |
| 3 | She may well have been right about this . |
| 4 | For too long have many eminent members of the Institute been shy about such debate , hiding behind the feeble argument that it must respect the conflicting views of different modes of transport . |
| 5 | She had thought he would be happy about Mrs Gotobed 's message because she would have been , but she had been wrong about that . |
| 6 | What was , what could have been wrong about that ? |
| 7 | Had she been wrong about that ? she now wondered . |
| 8 | You could n't have expected it , he had been doubtful about this day from the beginning . |
| 9 | The G M B's got a long record of joining forces with others which has proved to be successful , but if we 're gon na be honest , it 's always been recognized that we would be the predominant union and yes Apex members we should have been honest with you at the time of merger , because it 's quite clear you was gon na lose your identity to at least to some extent and we should have been honest about that . |
| 10 | I 've been sure about all the other , too . |
| 11 | ‘ The reason people have been concerned about this case for so long is that it is about far bigger issues . |
| 12 | As noted in an earlier chapter , the Irish republican population had been hyper-sensitive about that body of men with its ruthless reputation . |
| 13 | The Panel , and the Institutional Shareholders Committee which has been worried about this conflict , say there is no problem with traditional buy-outs of subsidiary companies . |
| 14 | ‘ Man , I 've been worrying about that for fifteen years ! ’ exclaims Bryan . |
| 15 | I 've been worrying about that . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I 've been worrying about this . |