Example sentences of "[prep] [be] worried " in BNC.

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1 Does this really show that the public of are worried about the Trusts ' hospitals .
2 Pretending to be worried about the painters and the incriminating evidence against them — ‘ It 's very , very important for them ! ’ — Porfiry asks Raskolnikov if he has any recollection of passing an open door on the lower landing and seeing two men at work inside .
3 AS BOSS of ICI , the besieged British chemicals giant , Sir Denys Henderson has a lot to be worried about .
4 His White House advisers are said to be worried that the Energy Department is still too keen on conservation and regulation .
5 In spite of everything : Mr Bishop 's death , the wrecked kiosk , she felt happy because Simon cared enough to be worried about her .
6 We had done our best and we lacked the peacocks , the ostriches , the slaves and the pack of hounds but nobody seemed to be worried .
7 Mr Peter Tudball , Baltic chairman , was said to be worried that the market could lose business if trading was interrupted .
8 Somebody 's going to be worried about you . ’
9 In the film , one of them , Dr Tony Kallend , appeared to explain that acid rain was nothing to be worried about as it was only as acid as Coca Cola .
10 I used to be worried that I would die and Charmian would be brought up by another woman …
11 They are unlikely to be worried if ‘ boring old history books ’ are discarded .
12 While the patient is suffering the frustrations and discomforts of being ill , you are likely to be worried about the long-term prospects of his recovery , how long it might take , or indeed whether he will recover at all .
13 Are we right to be worried ?
14 Do you think people are right to be worried about the additives in our food ?
15 IN THE 1970s everyone seemed to be worried about the dangers of work : Jeanne Stellman and Susan Daum , with Work is Dangerous for your Health , and Patrick Kinnersley , with The Hazards of Work , were among the authors to bring the problems to our attention .
16 When Jesus was warning his followers about his own forthcoming death he told them not to be worried or upset but to put all their trust and confidence in him and in God .
17 In the end I pretended to be worried that I had left my bicycle lamp on and dashed outside to relieve myself in a flower-bed .
18 Did he appear to be worried or apprehensive ?
19 Some players also seem to be worried about how to identify which string is which and I can understand that , because it 's no good breaking a string during a gig and not knowing which spare to grab .
20 I have known patients to be worried because they have on occasion fallen asleep while practising — but in fact this does not matter .
21 She is right to be worried .
22 These developments are not in themselves threatening but nurses have good reason to be worried .
23 Why , even the Chancellor of the Exchequer is said to be worried at that .
24 ‘ Quite a few players have got to be worried and I include myself among them .
25 ‘ On the one hand it has dragged the name of this club through the mud and on the other , as a manager , I have got to be worried by the implications . ’
26 ‘ Obviously , as a Liverpool fan , you have to be worried but I 'm perfectly hopeful that we 'll get through this and come back as the force that we always have been . ’
27 It is understandable to be worried and scared if you think you might have been exposed to HIV .
28 Everyone has a right to expect her to be predictable ( however trying things are ) and she ought to be worried and apologetic if she behaves strangely .
29 There was , therefore , no reason for him to be worried about France , still isolated in the first half of the decade .
30 They are far too enwrapped by their own insane vision of imminent doom to be worried by such things .
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